“IIRC, Norman Lear said that George Jefferson was supposed to be a Republican.”
As will be George Jetson.
As for the All in the Family-The Jeffersons story line, George did not sit on his big chair and pontificate, he worked every angle, worked them hard, and made his fortune.
Creator Norman Lear originally intended that Bunker be strongly disliked by audiences.
Lear was shocked when Bunker became a beloved figure to much of middle America.
Lear thought Bunker’s opinions on race, sex, marriage, and religion were so wrong as to represent a parody of right-wing bigotry.