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“King of the Hill” is the real America, if we allow it to be

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08.09.2026

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“King of the Hill” is the real America, if we allow it to be

Hank and Peggy Hill return to a changed nation that needs their common sense and good hearts

Published August 4, 2025 12:00PM (EDT)

Once Hulu confirmed the “King of the Hill” revival was officially moving forward, it didn’t take long for the Internet to wonder how Hank Hill would have voted in the previous three elections. Speculations have varied from hard yeses to a rainbow of bargaining; maybe in 2016, but definitely not in 2020 or 2024. Some believe Hank, a Lyndon B. Johnson fan, may have voted for Joe Biden in 2020. But a woman as president? That’s a lot to ask of a Hill.

Mike Judge and Greg Daniels built their two-dimensional Texas Everyman to ensure we could never quite be certain. The Hank Hill we came to know during the original 1997-to-2010 run of “King of the Hill” is a registered Republican, but the party he knew has long gone extinct.

Hank is proudly set in his ways, but also profoundly honorable, a decent man perpetually out of step with the times.

“If Hank votes Republican, it’s because, as a voter who cares about religious and rural........

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