--- title: Daniel Radcliffe Compares Donald Trump to Voldemort Video description: Daniel Radcliffe may not be able to vote in the upcoming election but he knows where he stands on the Harry Potter-related issues. canonical: https://time.com/4511373/daniel-radcliffe-donald-trump-voldemort/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-28T14:38:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:06.376Z og:title: Daniel Radcliffe Compares Donald Trump to Voldemort og:description: He thinks there's one big difference between them og:url: https://time.com/4511373/daniel-radcliffe-donald-trump-voldemort/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbac8813c5b31501c/6988a7df428a9e0badcd46b7/daniel-radcliffe-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: daniel-radcliffe-donald-trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Daniel Radcliffe Compares Donald Trump to Voldemort twitter:description: He thinks there's one big difference between them twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbac8813c5b31501c/6988a7df428a9e0badcd46b7/daniel-radcliffe-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Daniel Radcliffe Thinks There's One Big Difference Between Donald Trump and Voldemort  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 28, 2016 2:38 PM CUT  Daniel Radcliffe attends the Empire Live: 'Swiss Army Man' & 'Imperium' double bill gala screening at Cineworld 02 Arena on September 23, 2016 in London, England. Daniel Radcliffe attends the Empire Live: 'Swiss Army Man' & 'Imperium' double bill gala screening at Cineworld 02 Arena on September 23, 2016 in London, England.David M. Benett/Dave Benett/WireImage  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 28, 2016 2:38 PM CUT [Daniel Radcliffe](http://time.com/4376352/daniel-radcliffe-donald-trump-advice-seth-meyers/ "undefined") may not be able to vote in the upcoming [presidential election](http://time.com/4508467/election-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-map/ "undefined") but he knows where he stands on the [_Harry Potter_\-related issues](http://time.com/4413658/donald-trump-harry-potter-study/ "undefined"). During a recent interview with [_Sky News_](http://news.sky.com/story/daniel-radcliffe-muses-trump-voldermort-comparison-10595539 "undefined") at the Empire Live film festival, the 27-year-old actor was asked for his take on [J.K. Rowling tweeting](https://twitter.com/jk%5Frowling/status/674196610683940864?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") that “Voldemort was nowhere near as bad” as Donald Trump. “I sort of think Donald Trump might not be as ideologically pure as Voldemort,” he said. “My thing on Trump is that he feels like more of an opportunist — like I don’t know how much of this stuff he’s saying he actually, really, really believes.” However, Radcliffe went on to clarify that this difference doesn’t mean that he doesn’t believe Rowling wasn’t onto something. “But that comparison is certainly not without its merits,” he said. 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