Do You and Your Parents Vote The Same or Totally Different??

[mim89]

Clint Eastwood's Daughter: I'm NOT Voting for Mitt Romney

Despite the fact her dad gave the most memorable speech at the Republican National Convention ... Clint Eastwood's daughter says she will NOT be casting her vote for Mitt Romney.

"I happen to not be voting for the same man. But I love that [my dad] stands up for what he believes in."

Which got us thinking about the influence your parents have on how you vote. So, we gotta ask ...

Read more: http://www.tmz.com#ixzz29kvjB9br



Interesting question I feel.


Luckily for me, my parents have always been hardcore Democrats. My dad was proud how in 2008 when I was away for college i got to vote in (maybe swing state) PA and this time around my sister gets to vote for Warren in MA, while they're holding down the fort in NJ

[Horse with no Name]

1. The same.

We may have different motivations for doing it---but my Mom, myself and my kids are all voting the same way.

[auburngrad82]

2. Total opposites

Thank God they usually don't vote.

[cherish44]

3. My dad is a Navy vet, worth a few million dollars

and is a LIFELONG DEMOCRAT! He earned his money working blue collar jobs off the sweat off his back and knows how Republicans have tried to screw over the working man since back in the 50s when he was first eligible to vote.

[gollygee]

4. Usually the same

My dad went through a brief Reagan Democrat phase, but has gotten past that.

My mom would never vote for anyone who wasn't solidly pro-choice.

[yellerpup]

5. My parents would have been Teabaggers.

I have never voted for a Republican, Libertarian, Green, or any other party but Democratic. Their virulent racism in opposition to the Voting Rights Act changed me as a teenager and I never looked back. Of course, that made me an outcast in my family. I don't miss 'talking' politics with any of them.

[get the red out]

6. My Dad has passed, but SAME!

I was raised by parents who were strong Democrats and pro-union. My Mom will once again be proudly voting for President Obama.

[Broken_Hero]

7. The same

I knew who my dad voted for because he talked a lot about politics and he would usually use the term "blood sucking vampire" when talking about RW politicians.

I didn't know how my mom voted til I was 20 or so, she votes Dem, she wasn't much for confrontation so she never stated how she voted til she knew I wouldn't give her grief about it.

[LittlestStar]

79. Nice. I heard the term "corporate terrorist" on Thom Hartmann today and I thought that was perfect.

[vi5]

8. Usually the same.

They were always moderate democrats. Hardly firebreathing liberals, but having grown up in lower economic families they understood struggle. But they are now in their 60's and are probably in the top 5-10% income bracket in the country. They are still very liberal socially and are strongly in favor of reproductive choice and gay rights. And they always had a reasonably liberal economic belief system in terms of things like public schools and welfare and all of that. But as they've gotten older they've been buying more and more into the scare tactics of the GOP that have seeped into the mainstream media. Deficits are bad, people just are lazy and don't want to work, social security is going bankrupt, etc. It wouldn't surprise me if they were voting for Romney this time around but in the interest of not irevvocably damaging our relationship I can't really talk politics with them any more because even though ultimately they usually end up voting the right way, they just come out with so much stupid shit sometimes, usually inspired by the local talk radio in NJ which is ostensibly non-partisan but more often than not leans right with GOP talking points.

[reformist2]

9. Totally different. But I don't argue - they live in a blue state, so there's no point!

[Cairycat]

10. Both

My parents are both gone. My Mom was a lifelong Republican, and my Dad, fiscally conservative, voted Republican with her. She died in 1982, and what with the changes in the party after that time, and his own evolution in his thinking, my Dad voted Dem his last several elections.

Two of my kids are voting age, and they are both solid Dem.

[jorno67]

11. split

my dad is a hardcore Dem.
my mom is a brainwashed republican. she started down that path as a one issue voter (abortion) and is now fully committed to right wing Kool-Aid. and it was the Baptist church that guided here on her path...

[LittlestStar]

81. Ugh mine too but she's not even religious, just paranoid! nt

[hamsterjill]

12. Our whole family votes Democratic.

We believe in strong values and equality for all. There is no other choice as far as ALL of us are concerned.

[abumbyanyothername]

13. Iowa Democrats here

from an era when the state was dominated by Republican politics.

Dad was a technician with AT&T Longlines division in Omaha and for a while President of his Local of the Communications Workers of America. Mom organized the nurses at her hospital into a small independent union before the hospital promoted her to management.

Dad, a Korea vet, was making plans to ship my older brother off to Canada during the Vietnam war draft, which turned out to be unnecessary (and the older brother turned out a bit to the right).

Mom may have had an abortion around 1970. "Why is mom in the hospital?" asked a 13 year old bum. "Woman trouble," was the evasive reply from a father who didn't want to talk about it.

We watched the '68 convention, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam war, the peace movement, etc. on TV.

My uncle is a college professor in the Howard Zinn mold.

Above all, my early politics were shaped by the anti-war and civil rights movements. Now my thinking is more informed by climate change and peak oil.

By the way, I moved to CA in 1996 although my parents are still in Iowa.

[LisaL]

14. Same.

All of us are voting for Obama.

[Xyzse]

15. Parents were different

My father was more liberal than I am. Well, he is more to the left of me at least.
My mother and her sisters have been to the right. She was a Perot supporter for a while, then became a hard core Tea Bag Party supporter lately.

She was initially taken in by the anti-abortion stance, and got suckered in to the greed agenda.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

16. Same

My father is a lot more liberal than I am. My mother and I are more in line. My brother is slightly more conservative, but still mostly votes Democratic.

[Johonny]

17. same, different reasons

My parents generation IS the tea party. Their friends bombard them with Fox news bull shit. My parents have become vastly more liberal in retirement than they were growing up. Constant bull shit from the right has pretty much killed that party in their eyes. They would probably vote for a Rockefeller or an Eisenhower though.

Me, I find the whole Republican party one giant grifter convention. They have no floor, no reason for existence. They are defined by what they hate, what the pillage and what they can fake. Mitt Romney openly lies not in difficult political areas... but on everything. I don't respect anyone that would call themselves a Republican in this era. The party is vile and thinks of me as moronic fodder not worthy of them. I will never vote Republican. What sane person would even label themselves as such?

[barbtries]

66. very well put.

i'm with you. i just don't get it.

[Zoeisright]

18. Completely different.

I used to be a repuke, but then I went to college, grew up, and started thinking about it. You couldn't pay me to vote repuke. Ever again. Ever.

[cabot]

19. My mom and I vote the same but

my brother, who lives in Virginia, is a staunch conservative. His wife is a Democrat so his vote will be cancelled out. My mom has no idea how he became so conservative. She likes to say "I didn't raise him that way."

With my dad - you never know. But he's in Canada (as am I) so his indecisiveness won't affect you.

[geardaddy]

20. Usually the same.

My parents were Eisenhower republicans, but couldn't bring themselves to vote for Ronnie Raygun. My dad is gone, but before he went he got to vote for Obama in the caucus here. My mom voted for Hillary in that caucus.

[Mnemosyne]

21. Opposite until Obama, then Mom registered D after 50+ years as an R. Her last vote. nt

[a la izquierda]

22. Mixed bag...

Mom is generally conservative, her partner is a staunch Democrat, my dad is usually a Green Party voter. My husband's family is conservative. No one knows where we came from

[BeeBee]

23. Usually different...

Although I think my dad did vote for Obama last time. He's definitely on the Romney bandwagon this time.

[KSstellarcat]

24. my entire family votes Republican, siblings and all

My parents are pretty wealthy, and unfortunately, all I hear about is taxes. Ugh. I literally study before going to visit them, because they always engage in political conversations. They are kind, open people who are pro-choice and for gay marriage (my son is gay, so that probably influenced them). I don't get it. Of course, we all live in Kansas, so...

[shanti]

25. lifelong dem here and so were my parents

well, dad was, mom's 80 and still voting dem. my sibs are pretty apolitical, but do vote dem as well. i'm in cali.

[EasyGirl]

26. I come from a long proud line of Dems.

[Speck Tater]

27. My mom thinks Rush Limbaugh is god. Nuf said. nt

[SalviaBlue]

28. Opposite.

My Dad is extremely right wing. Listens to Rush, Fox, etc.

[regnaD kciN]

29. My parents are no longer with us...

But my mother was a lifelong Democrat (who had the privilege of being able to vote against Richard Nixon in every election in which he ran). My father used to be a Republican, until four years of (once again) Nixon in the White House caused him to switch to being a registered Independent -- who pretty much voted a straight Democratic ticket every election from then on.

[TBF]

30. My parents were union members and vote democratic -

my siblings and I all identify as socialists and generally vote for democrats (I tend to look for the most progressive person on the ballot for any given position).

[k8conant]

31. Mom was a lifelong Democrat (I think) and Dad became a Democrat around 1964

They are both dead now.

I remember Dad saying when he switched to Democrat that he finally realized that he wasn't rich enough to be a Republican.

My stepmother (1989-2005) always lamented the fact that her own kids turned Republican and she could never understand why.
She used to send me all the Emily's List information.

I have no use for the anti-humane Republicans.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

32. Totally Opposite...

and that goes for my four siblings too. We often discuss how we all turned out the way that we did! (and that it must drive my dad crazy)

[LP2K12]

33. I guess it all depends...

Had I been old enough I would have voted for Clinton (the only Dem they voted for).

I voted for Bush as did they.

I voted for Obama, they voted for McCain/Palin.

This cycle they are undecided. They dislike Romney, but still don't know about Obama.

[BlueCaliDem]

34. My parents, though immigrants from Holland, were staunch Republicans.

My father worshiped Ronald Reagan. My mother did as well. My father was a tough parent, having to raise five young kids when my Mom decided she wanted a seventeen year old boytoy took off (so much for her stated family values!). They both loathed Democrats the same way TeaBaggers do today.

On the plus side, neither ever became naturalized citizens so they never got to vote!

[laundry_queen]

35. Currently usually different

I'm in Canada though so the partisan divide isn't quite so great, and there are more parties. For instance, I'm in Alberta and I voted for the Progressive Conservative party to keep the Wildrose party (tea party nutjob types) out of office. I normally vote NDP, though, but they are a distant second in my riding and this time the vote on the right was split, so I had to make sure Wildrose didn't get in. My mom, who leans right b/c she listens to my dad, also voted PC but my dad voted Wildrose. That was provincially. Federally there are different parties, and I almost always vote NDP but have voted Green in the past (oh, and provincially when I lived in BC I voted for the Marijuana party, even though I never tried the stuff. They actually had a good platform that year). My dad always votes Conservative. My mom goes back and forth.

When I was very little, my dad was hardcore NDP. However, like most right-wingers, he was only voting for his own interests (at the time he was a union man), and as soon as he moved and had a non-union job and wanted lower taxes, he had no problems going to the (then) PCs and then Reform (now merged to Conservatives). Maybe it's true about the formative years...they rubbed off on me, although I will admit to leaning right in my first few elections (years of brainwashing I suppose, living in a very right-leaning area with rabid right parents and a right wing husband - now ex) but since the Iraq war, it's been hard left for me.

[WhollyHeretic]

36. My parents have always been Dems. They have gotten more liberal as they've gotten older

[maxsolomon]

37. Differently - and my Dad lives in OHIO.

So did I, but I couldn't take SW Ohio anymore (conservatism, humidity) and moved to the liberal bubble of Seattle.

My Dad is virulently anti-Obama, to the point of being a quasi-Birther.

[Carly]

42. I'm in SW Ohio

Luckily I am in my little liberal bubble in Montgomery Co. Well, I guess it isn't TOO overwhelmingly liberal here but more so than the Cincinnati suburbs. I still think Obama will win Ohio though.

[maxsolomon]

52. So do I, so that's why I am not really trying to change his mind

I know my brother & SIL will override him. Better to preserve the peace.

The city limits of Cincinnati are liberal-leaning, but the congressional districts have been gerrymandered to dilute that urban populace and put suburban German-Irish Catholic Republicans in office (Chabot, Boehner, Mean Jean Schmidt).

[Mad_Dem_X]

38. The same.

My dad and mom both worked for the local Dems for many years. Dad is gone now, but Mom is still a Dem, as are myself and my sister.

[Dawson Leery]

39. Same

[dangerdoll]

40. Both mine are racists who watch Fox 24/7.

Whole rest of my side of the family is the same. Impossible to have rational conversation and just disagree. Had to threaten them with losing contact with their granddaughter if they didn't stop using n-word in front of her. Pitiful.

What truly astonishes is both are on Medicare, dad served in Navy & gets pension, both on SS, yet they'll go off on "entitlements". You know the famous picture of the Tea Nut protester holding the sign that read, "Keep the Government Out of My Medicare"??? They are on the same page as my parents.

Husband's side of family more enlightened - Dem all the way, as are we! And practically the only Obama yard sign in our neighborhood! (Which has been stolen twice, btw - we just buy new - do the thieves not get they're inadvertently contributing to Obama campaign???)

[Carly]

41. Sort of

My mom and I have very similar views. She voted for the first time in 2008 and it was for Obama. She will be voting for him again. One thing that sets us apart is she will vote for Republicans on a local/state level. She supports Sherrod Brown (THANK GOD- I would disown her if she liked Josh Mandel) but she also likes a local congressman who I think sucks. Oh well. She thinks Romney has NO IDEA what life is like for us "normal" folk and she can't ever imagine voting for him.

My dad. Oh where do I begin. He WAS a Democrat. Vietnam Vet, Union worker for years, and LOVED the Clinton's. I started to see racist things come out of him when Obama was first elected. He must have hidden his awful views for years because I had no idea he was like that. He couldn't believe I didn't like Sarah Palin because she was a MOM! Like ME! Now? We are no longer speaking. Over the summer he sent me an email telling me how stupid I was for supporting Obama, I must not care about my kid's futures, blah, blah, blah. My son is disabled and receives Medicaid and SS and he told me to get off my lazy ass and support him myself instead of making taxpayers like HIM pay for him. Keep in mind my husband works close to 60 hours a week and the both of us are FAR from lazy. The funny thing is my dad is no longer working and gets SSA and Medicare but his situation is okay. Mine is not. Anyway, last I talked to him he thought Romney was amazing and would has the potential to totally turn this country. I didn't care too much because he wasn't even registered to vote but I have since checked our local BOE website and see that he has registered. I know he will be voting for Romney. Yay.

[PD Turk]

43. Same

Dad passed in 2007 and Mom is in a nursing home suffering with dementia, but we all have always voted Democratic. My Father and Grandfather were staunch union men, in the South where it's really hard on union types. My mom's family was from up North and the funniest thing I can recall is when the two families got together and talk turned to politics it could get pretty testy at times, but they were all Democrats.

[treestar]

44. this year dad seems to be for Rmoney while mom is for Obama

Dad heavily influenced by abortion, which for some reason he is obsessed with as Catholic pro-life

[caraher]

47. If it weren't for the abortion issue...

I don't think Republicans would stand a chance. There are just enough single-issue voters, mostly Catholic, that they can get elected. It's a genuine national tragedy...

[treestar]

82. It really is

I tried with 1) Rs will do nothing about it, it's too useful a wedge issue and 2) don't you care about the many people mostly in the middle east and our military who will die in their wars - they are already born and just a valuable a life. But it seems like once born, your life isn't worth anything to these voters!

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

93. "Rs will do nothing about it, it's too useful a wedge issue"

Bingo!

[caraher]

100. Indeed

I've worked that angle a bit myself: "Remember when Bush was president and they controlled both houses of the legislature? Remember how stopping abortion was their chief goal?"

They'll always nibble at the edges - stop funding for this or that, create ridiculous hoops to jump through to have an abortion, but to actually overturn Roe v. Wade would be the end of the ride for the Republicans, and they know it...

[Go Vols]

45. Grew up in a Union household

and was taught at a young age that Republicans take care of the rich at the expense of the rest of us.

Grandparents,parents,myself all lifelong Democrats.

[caraher]

46. Mostly opposite

My father is gone but he was a committed Contrarian. He voted for George Wallace in 1972 and a number of libertarians after 1980.

My mother used to vote for Democrats but had increasing trouble with that because of her pro-life views. So she spent some time as a single-issue voter and after marrying a Fox News addict (who told me last summer he thought Michele Bachmann had a lot of "really good ideas&quot she seems to have chugged the Kool Aid wholesale.

Of my siblings, only my brother is a Reich-winger. My 3 sisters are all sane Democrats.

[BigDemVoter]

48. The one thing my parents and I agree on

is that republicans will ruin this country and have already made quite a bit of progress. Although they're not quite as lefty as I am, they always vote for the right person.

[nolabear]

49. Parents are dead but I'm the white sheep of the family. I can barely log onto FB any more.

I would expect SOME of them to be political fools, but ALL of them? DAMN. I love them but...DAMN.

[mim89]

50. Thanks

Thank you all for sharing.

Thankfully, most of my family leans Democrat, but I do have a uncle (is probably a racist too) who voted for McCain last time & probably Romney this time because of some shit with "black ppl taking over or some shit" smh.

[Nikia]

51. My divorced parents will probably vote opposite of each other as they have done in other elections

My father embraced the low spending, low taxation model of government like his parents did so he votes Republican.
My mother has become more conservative in her older age, but will probably always vote for Democrats because she rightly believes that Republicans are against women.
I am a Democrat and am more firm in this since the Republicans have all embraced a far right ideology.

[ellenfl]

53. the same but i didn't know until the clinton re-relection. eom

[sakabatou]

54. My parents are Dems and so am I

[RebelOne]

55. My mother and father had been divorced a long time

before I was even aware of politics. I know my mother voted for JFK as I did. She is deceased now. And my father died years before her, so I do not even know what his political leaning was. But I suspect he was a Democrat because he was an atheist, as I am.

[brooklynite]

56. My mother started me out campaigning for Gene McCarthy...

...when my father was in Hospice for cancer some years back, I would read the Frank Rich and Maureen Dowd columns to him.

[Risen Demon]

57. I'll start with myself

Blindly Republican as a teenager. Thought that democrats wanted to give to lazy poor people. High school was probably my most bitter years. Being a passionate teenager who wore his heart on his sleeve was not the "in" thing. My peers were generally the types that worship shallowness and crude behavior, so it was the "cool" thing to do. I bought into it for awhile, but it never worked for me. And that's what teabaggers are to me: shallow, crude, selfish, ignorant, and fake. It took a few years of being away from the socialite crowd and the birth of my son to really enlighten me on things. I found my true self, and decided I really liked him. I voted for Obama, and will again.

My mother was always very moderate. She always voted for "the lesser of two evils". Lately she has become more democratic thanks to the horrible eight years of shrubby jr. Her wisdom to us was to enjoy life, love your friends and family, and have no regrets. She and my stepdad are both voting for Obama again.

My father is an interesting story. When he was young, he was very ambitious. He graduated 3rd in his class, scored in the 1400s on the SAT, and had a future with UNO(New Orleans). He was driven by his desire to succeed. He dreamt of being rich, powerful, and respected. It wasn't until the reign of St. Reagan that his opinions slowly started to turn around. With the massive deregulation, he was laid off from his $35k per year job(back in '89!) even after 10 years of service and loyalty. Slowly he became more and more progressive, realizing that the super wealthy were liars, cheats, and crooks. It awhile, but he went from being a hard-ass go getter to an enlightened life learner. His lessons to me now are never expect to much, but always shoot for the best. He voted for Obama in '08, and will again in a couple of weeks.

[flyguyjake]

58. I'm the only Democrat in an immediate family of 10! sucks!

[ohheckyeah]

59. Mom sometimes voted Democratic but kept it to herself.

Dad was always a Republican until Obama. After GWB both have said they will never vote Republican again.

I, of course, vote Democratic.

[ieoeja]

60. My dad was (by today's standards) a radically Liberal ex-Marine; Mom, Religious Conservative.

While Mom remained Religious and Conservative, she voted straight Democratic after the Clinton impeachment. They are both dead now.

Rightists to this day brag about impeaching Clinton. They really don't get how much that hurt their standing with the American public.

[Warpy]

61. My mother was a registered Republican and a closet socialist

My dad was a registered Democrat who always voted for anybody who promised him a tax cut.

They canceled each other's votes out every year.

[Blue_In_AK]

62. My parents are deceased.

My dad was a Dem, my mom a moderate Republican. I've always been a Democrat. Dad died in 1994, mom in 1999. I'm glad neither of them had to live through the Bush years. I'm sure my mother would be voting for Obama.

[B Calm]

63. Our parents raised us right and educated

us on how evil the republican con game is played on average people!

[barbtries]

65. my parents have been dead a long time.

dad since 1968 and mom since 1980.
my father was a democrat and my mother a republican. so i would vote the same as my dad, but i don't know if my mom was still alive if she would be on board with today's republican party. she did believe that richard nixon was the best president we ever had. the day he resigned i went to her house to gloat over it and she ruined it by crying.
i was just born a democrat. through and through and for as long as i can remember.

[Honeycombe8]

67. Dad: I'm polar opposite. Mom was apolitical; don't know if she ever voted. She was moderate I think.

[etherealtruth]

68. Pretty much the same

We are all college educated working folk (or retired working folk) and come to essentially the same conclusions.

My voting age children are essentially the same.

[Cleita]

69. When they were alive? No. They were Eisenhower Republicans and voted for Nixon.

They both died before Reagan although I'm certain they would have voted for him. I don't think they would have voted for Bush if they had been alive then or Romney today. Although they were anti-communist and pro capitalist, they weren't pro-war and they were for civil rights for African Americans. They would not have approved of torture nor were they bigoted against different races, ethnicities and religions. They would have been shocked at the Muslim bashing that is popular today. I'm sure they would be shocked at the crazy that has taken over the GOP. I voted for the Democratic candidate in every election ever since I was old enough to vote and they knew about it but weren't really upset about it nor were they upset when I joined a union. My dad knew it was the way to go if you were part of the working class. He just would have preferred to see me aspire to management.

[LeftInTX]

70. My parents voted for JFK & LBJ

After that they became Republicans.

I became a Democrat in 1980.

I had seen Raygun in 1976 and I knew he was trouble.

I could not believe that everyone was voting for him!

Been a Dem every since.

[Spirochete]

71. Parents are dead

but they're both dead Democrats. Only Republican either ever voted for, to my knowledge, was Dan Evans for Washington governor. My mother voted for him, because she thought Rosselini was such a crook.

[AsahinaKimi]

72. Both My parents

will be voting for Obama.

[ecstatic]

73. Same, but we never discussed anything political when I was growing up

I didn't discover that we were all on the same page until around 2000 when all of us were eager to vote against Bush. Then in 2008, we all became MSNBC junkies.

[AnnieBW]

74. The Same

Heck, I became aware of politics because of Watergate. One of the first things I asked my mom was "what's a damrepublican?"

Now, my in-laws... that's a totally different story. My husband managed to escape, but they're all right-wingers.

[craigmatic]

75. My parents are both dead but my mom was a democrat.

My father probably didn't vote much but I have a few cousins who were elected locally as democrats (1 state representative and 2 county commissioners).

[CBHagman]

76. My parents were Republicans.

They were Goldwater supporters, in fact.

[krawhitham]

77. Same

[LittlestStar]

78. Dad was a Dem. Mom turned r/w nut job after he passed away. He was the logical/science/data type

and she has always been paranoid, stored a 10 year supply of food in the basement, etc. He just kept her in check I guess. Its depressing to watch.

[IVoteDFL]

80. My mom votes Democrat and my dad doesn't vote at all

I mostly lived with my grandparents as a child though, who would be teabaggers for sure.

[Jamaal510]

83. I always wondered what it's like to have somebody in the family who's a Republican.

Everybody in mine is a Democrat.

[Indpndnt]

84. The same.

So when I grew up and inevitably questioned what they believed, I found I genuinely believed in the same things. A bit traumatic for a teenager to admit, let me tell you. [url=http://www.cosgan.de/smilie.php][img][/img][/url]

[Initech]

85. Mom = straight democratic, Dad is more of a moderate

[mmeetkaur3]

86. vote.

No.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

87. Same, thank God.

[u4ic]

88. My father has always voted Conservative

strangely, his values aren't necessarily Conservative. But he thinks the Liberals and NDP are 'socialist'. (this from a man who acknowleges the great retirement package he got as a result of his union, plus universal health care - and he also believes the government should be more involved in helping those who can't help themselves).

I never knew how my mother how my mother voted. She was very private about it.

I've had to strategically vote before, but never Conservative!

[donheld]

89. 100% opposite

My family has always been bible beating Xtians voting for anything with an R next to the name.

Me being gay changed a whole lot of my thinking. I'm a Democratic Socialist with an Anarchy bent.
I vote straight Democrat and have for many years. I would vote for a Socialist candidate if I wasn't
petrified it would throw the thing into right winger hands.

[burrowowl]

90. Both dead now but they voted for Stevenson

against Ike and voted Demo until they died. I am a Socialist, but as Gore Vidal said this country has 2 right wings.
The only choice one has is to vote Demo. To think that Obama is very much to the right of Ike is just shattering and shows how towards Plutocracy our country has gone and the ignorance of the populace. Hell, even taxi drivers in Mexico know what Neo-liberalism, laissez-faire capitalism, ect, means, Muricans don't. SAD !and Damn Scary!
To bad Gus Hall is dead.

[Kennah]

91. My parents are Yellow Dog Democrats

I think teenage rebellion may have helped push me into the GOP for a number of years. They were always very matter of fact about their views and why they held them.

They weren't political junkies, and they weren't wrapped around every issue. I wouldn't even be able to call them far left, just left of center.

One recurring question they would ask was, "How can you vote Republican? You don't have enough money to be one."

As I look back, scratching my head, wondering, I ask, "How the fuck did I miss that most basic point?"

Sorry Mom and Dad. I shoulda listened to you sooner.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

92. Same

Great thread.

My parents and I are political junkies, all Liberals.
My older brother, meh... I have no idea if he follows anything.
My older sister is empty headed and got hijacked by the "get rich quit" gurus. She's an idiot.


EDIT:
Interestingly (or not), I've become more liberal as I've become more informed. I'm far to the left of President Obama, but being to the left of Obama isn't saying a lot. I'm just *far* to the left.

[Raine]

94. Mine are both gone now but we voted the same, always. nt

[Michigan Alum]

95. I'm the only Dem in my immediate family

[Populist_Prole]

96. Opposite, but then I've changed as well

Father was conservative. Mother was apolitical, maybe center/liberal.

Now my father is an insufferable hard hard HARD right conservative who always tries to politicize all conversations always. Mother started going to some whack-job church and is becoming conservative.

Me? I was a neocon during the 'Reagan Democrat' era but began my move away from them in the mid 1990s and here I am today.

[kentauros]

97. I'm not sure how liberal my mother is anymore,

but my father is a hardcore right-winger. Whereas my two brothers and one sister are all Liberals

Thanksgiving may be interesting this year...

[yewberry]

98. Okay, I've got sort of a parent group, and they're all in NH.

I've got 2 sets of parents-- 2 lesbian moms and a dad and stepmom. All but one is from MA originally, but all currently live in NH.

My birth mother was a Republican for many years and was even elected to local (NH rep) office as a Republican. She left the party in the 80's and votes progressive without exception.
Mom 2 (the only one originally from NH) will vote Dem. She's union and involved. Both are wonderful, churchgoing caring people nearing their 70s, and they are married. They're social justice voters.

My birth father has always been a Dem, as far as I know. His wife was a Republican for many years-- she inherited money and property from her dad and when I was a kid we argued like cats and dogs about politics. Lo and behold, her kids have struggled and drained the trusts from their grandfather, and both of them have been on various forms of public assistance (mostly CHIP for their kids) for years and now she's voting Democratic. They're economics voters.

So, 4 for 4 in NH.

My husband & I are voting Democratic in WA, and so are both of his parents.

[KharmaTrain]

99. Mine Are In Chicago...They vote early and often...

...along with my grandparents in the Waldheim cemetery district. All were lifelong Democrats! It's the Chicago way...

[Popcorn 51]

101. We used to vote opposite.

Now they are deceased so we are no longer canceling each other out.

[Odin2005]

102. Both my parents are Dems.

My dad is a sold Union Dem and was one of the locked out American Crystal Sugar workers.

My mom is more apathetic but she always votes Dem unless some charismatic independent like Jesse Ventura comes along.

[Ikonoklast]

103. At my folks, there is a signed, framed picture of JFK right next to the signed handwritten letter

from John Kennedy thanking my father for the $5.00 donation to his first political campaign to represent the 11th Massachusetts in Congress.

That was when Dad made $27.50 a week.

You tell me.

[OkieGranny]

104. Lost my mom last year

but she voted for Obama in 2008 and was so excited she kept calling me throughout the evening as we watched the returns.

When I was a kid, my dad got into a sign-off with the neighbor across the street. They were good friends but, when the neighbor put up a Nixon sign, Daddy put up an even bigger McGovern sign. They weren't on speaking terms for a while after that.

Proud to say that both my kids voted Obama, and will do so this time as well!