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caraher

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46. Mostly opposite

Fri Oct 19, 2012, 01:25 PM

Oct 2012

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.

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Do You and Your Parents Vote The Same or Totally Different?? [View all] mim89 Oct 2012 OP

The same. Horse with no Name Oct 2012 #1

Total opposites auburngrad82 Oct 2012 #2

My dad is a Navy vet, worth a few million dollars cherish44 Oct 2012 #3

Usually the same gollygee Oct 2012 #4

My parents would have been Teabaggers. yellerpup Oct 2012 #5

My Dad has passed, but SAME! get the red out Oct 2012 #6

The same Broken_Hero Oct 2012 #7

Nice. I heard the term "corporate terrorist" on Thom Hartmann today and I thought that was perfect. LittlestStar Oct 2012 #79

Usually the same. vi5 Oct 2012 #8

Totally different. But I don't argue - they live in a blue state, so there's no point! reformist2 Oct 2012 #9

Both Cairycat Oct 2012 #10

split jorno67 Oct 2012 #11

Ugh mine too but she's not even religious, just paranoid! nt LittlestStar Oct 2012 #81

Our whole family votes Democratic. hamsterjill Oct 2012 #12

Iowa Democrats here abumbyanyothername Oct 2012 #13

Same. LisaL Oct 2012 #14

Parents were different Xyzse Oct 2012 #15

Same ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2012 #16

same, different reasons Johonny Oct 2012 #17

very well put. barbtries Oct 2012 #66

Completely different. Zoeisright Oct 2012 #18

My mom and I vote the same but cabot Oct 2012 #19

Usually the same. geardaddy Oct 2012 #20

Opposite until Obama, then Mom registered D after 50+ years as an R. Her last vote. nt Mnemosyne Oct 2012 #21

Mixed bag... a la izquierda Oct 2012 #22

Usually different... BeeBee Oct 2012 #23

my entire family votes Republican, siblings and all KSstellarcat Oct 2012 #24

lifelong dem here and so were my parents shanti Oct 2012 #25

I come from a long proud line of Dems. EasyGirl Oct 2012 #26

My mom thinks Rush Limbaugh is god. Nuf said. nt Speck Tater Oct 2012 #27

Opposite. SalviaBlue Oct 2012 #28

My parents are no longer with us... regnaD kciN Oct 2012 #29

My parents were union members and vote democratic - TBF Oct 2012 #30

Mom was a lifelong Democrat (I think) and Dad became a Democrat around 1964 k8conant Oct 2012 #31

Totally Opposite... Dread Pirate Roberts Oct 2012 #32

I guess it all depends... LP2K12 Oct 2012 #33

My parents, though immigrants from Holland, were staunch Republicans. BlueCaliDem Oct 2012 #34

Currently usually different laundry_queen Oct 2012 #35

My parents have always been Dems. They have gotten more liberal as they've gotten older WhollyHeretic Oct 2012 #36

Differently - and my Dad lives in OHIO. maxsolomon Oct 2012 #37

I'm in SW Ohio Carly Oct 2012 #42

So do I, so that's why I am not really trying to change his mind maxsolomon Oct 2012 #52

The same. Mad_Dem_X Oct 2012 #38

Same Dawson Leery Oct 2012 #39

Both mine are racists who watch Fox 24/7. dangerdoll Oct 2012 #40

Sort of Carly Oct 2012 #41

Same PD Turk Oct 2012 #43

this year dad seems to be for Rmoney while mom is for Obama treestar Oct 2012 #44

If it weren't for the abortion issue... caraher Oct 2012 #47

It really is treestar Oct 2012 #82

"Rs will do nothing about it, it's too useful a wedge issue" WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2012 #93

Indeed caraher Oct 2012 #100

Grew up in a Union household Go Vols Oct 2012 #45

Mostly opposite caraher Oct 2012 #46

The one thing my parents and I agree on BigDemVoter Oct 2012 #48

Parents are dead but I'm the white sheep of the family. I can barely log onto FB any more. nolabear Oct 2012 #49

Thanks mim89 Oct 2012 #50

My divorced parents will probably vote opposite of each other as they have done in other elections Nikia Oct 2012 #51

the same but i didn't know until the clinton re-relection. eom ellenfl Oct 2012 #53

My parents are Dems and so am I sakabatou Oct 2012 #54

My mother and father had been divorced a long time RebelOne Oct 2012 #55

My mother started me out campaigning for Gene McCarthy... brooklynite Oct 2012 #56

I'll start with myself Risen Demon Oct 2012 #57

I'm the only Democrat in an immediate family of 10! sucks! flyguyjake Oct 2012 #58

Mom sometimes voted Democratic but kept it to herself. ohheckyeah Oct 2012 #59

My dad was (by today's standards) a radically Liberal ex-Marine; Mom, Religious Conservative. ieoeja Oct 2012 #60

My mother was a registered Republican and a closet socialist Warpy Oct 2012 #61

My parents are deceased. Blue_In_AK Oct 2012 #62

Our parents raised us right and educated B Calm Oct 2012 #63

This message was self-deleted by its author hack89 Oct 2012 #64

my parents have been dead a long time. barbtries Oct 2012 #65

Dad: I'm polar opposite. Mom was apolitical; don't know if she ever voted. She was moderate I think. Honeycombe8 Oct 2012 #67

Pretty much the same etherealtruth Oct 2012 #68

When they were alive? No. They were Eisenhower Republicans and voted for Nixon. Cleita Oct 2012 #69

My parents voted for JFK & LBJ LeftInTX Oct 2012 #70

Parents are dead Spirochete Oct 2012 #71

Both My parents AsahinaKimi Oct 2012 #72

Same, but we never discussed anything political when I was growing up ecstatic Oct 2012 #73

The Same AnnieBW Oct 2012 #74

My parents are both dead but my mom was a democrat. craigmatic Oct 2012 #75

My parents were Republicans. CBHagman Oct 2012 #76

Same krawhitham Oct 2012 #77

Dad was a Dem. Mom turned r/w nut job after he passed away. He was the logical/science/data type LittlestStar Oct 2012 #78

My mom votes Democrat and my dad doesn't vote at all IVoteDFL Oct 2012 #80

I always wondered what it's like to have somebody in the family who's a Republican. Jamaal510 Oct 2012 #83

The same. Indpndnt Oct 2012 #84

Mom = straight democratic, Dad is more of a moderate Initech Oct 2012 #85

vote. mmeetkaur3 Oct 2012 #86

Same, thank God. ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #87

My father has always voted Conservative u4ic Oct 2012 #88

100% opposite donheld Oct 2012 #89

Both dead now but they voted for Stevenson burrowowl Oct 2012 #90

My parents are Yellow Dog Democrats Kennah Oct 2012 #91

Same WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2012 #92

Mine are both gone now but we voted the same, always. nt Raine Oct 2012 #94

I'm the only Dem in my immediate family Michigan Alum Oct 2012 #95

Opposite, but then I've changed as well Populist_Prole Oct 2012 #96

I'm not sure how liberal my mother is anymore, kentauros Oct 2012 #97

Okay, I've got sort of a parent group, and they're all in NH. yewberry Oct 2012 #98

Mine Are In Chicago...They vote early and often... KharmaTrain Oct 2012 #99

We used to vote opposite. Popcorn 51 Oct 2012 #101

Both my parents are Dems. Odin2005 Oct 2012 #102

At my folks, there is a signed, framed picture of JFK right next to the signed handwritten letter Ikonoklast Oct 2012 #103

Lost my mom last year OkieGranny Oct 2012 #104