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US election 2016: Celebrities who voted for Donald Trump

Clint Eastwood, Kid Rock - Mike Tyson? It's not always easy to spot the US president-elect's fans

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last updated 9 November 2016

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Clint Eastwood: "[Trump's] onto something, because secretly everybody's getting tired of political correctness."

Mike Tyson: "We're really good friends. Most of my successful and best fights were at Trump's hotels."

Jon Voight: "Please fight for Donald Trump. He will not let us down."

Kid Rock: "Let the business guy run the country like a business."

Hulk Hogan: "I don't want to be in the ring with any candidates, I want to be Trump's running mate." — (Image credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

Stephen Baldwin: "I love him. I think he'd make a great president."

Loretta Lynn: "I just think he's the only one who's going to turn this country around."

In the end, even the combined star power of dozens of Hollywood A-listers could not sway enough voters to send Hillary Clinton to the White House.

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Her rallies attracted high-profile guests, culminating in Beyonce and Jay-Z's appearance with her on stage in Cleveland, Ohio.

In one star-packed video produced by Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon, actors including Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and Don Cheadle urged voters not to vote for Donald Trump, calling him a "racist, abusive coward who could permanently damage the fabric of our society".

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It was no surprise to see A-listers cheering for Clinton in liberal-leaning Hollywood, where conservative stars tend to keep a low profile – particularly this year, when the Republican candidate proved especially divisive.

However, that didn't stop a handful of famous faces from publicly lending him their support.

Some of the endorsements will not come as a shock - it would be hard to picture country-fried stars Kid Rock and Loretta Lynn stumping for Clinton, for instance – but some of the names might surprise you.

Here's a look at the celebrities who pledged their allegiance to Trump.

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