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Allen's voting records in Los Angeles County indicated no party preference.
Following the arrest of Cole Tomas Allen, the man accused of attempting to assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in late April 2026, social media users quickly began tying Allen to the Democratic Party.
Posts on platforms such as X, Facebook and Threads claimed Allen was a registered Democrat; other posts alleged that he donated money to former Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 presidential campaign. Some social media users, like far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, made both claims.
Snopes readers also searched the website for information on Allen's purported party affiliation and past political donations.
Allen did, in fact, donate $25 to Harris' campaign, according to public Federal Election Commission data. However, Los Angeles County records indicated that Allen had an active voter registration there but listed no party preference.
Thus, we have rated this claim a mixture of truth and falsehood.
Here's the evidence:
Allen was not a registered Democrat
At the time of his arrest, Allen was 31 and was living in Torrance, California, a city in Los Angeles County, per numerous reputable news reports, including The Associated Press.
Many news outlets have also shared credible images and videos of a home associated with Allen. In some of the images, a house number is visible, which made it possible to track down Allen's ZIP code,
(Los Angeles County )
News reports and a LinkedIn page (archived) matching the suspect's description suggested that Allen has lived in the Los Angeles County area for his entire adult life, meaning he likely does not have voter records in other places.
In California, voters who choose "no party preference" are allowed to vote in Democratic, Libertarian and American Independent primary elections. The Republican, Green and Freedom of Peace parties do not allow voters with no party preference to vote in their primary elections in the state.
Donation to Harris' campaign
The Federal Election Commission keeps searchable records of people who have made contributions to "federally registered political committees."
A search of the Federal Election Commission database for individual contributors named "Allen, Cole," limited to residents from Torrance, California, returned only one donation: $25 to ActBlue, a fundraising committee for the Democratic Party.
The donation matched Allen's ZIP code and publicly reported information about Allen, including his occupation as a teacher and
According to the record, the $25 was "EARMARKED FOR HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT."
(Federal Election Commission)
For more on the shooter's background, Snopes has examined an image purporting to show Allen in a sweatshirt with an Israeli military emblem on it.
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