Does anyone else get lectured by Republicans at the polls?

[LeftishBrit]

15. Was this on the doorstep or actually at the polling station where people were voting?

If the latter, then it would be against the rules in the UK at any rate. You are not supposed to talk about voting decisions within the polling station, even at the level of a last-minute discussion with your partner about your voting choice - you need to go outside for that.

If the former, then it's the occupational hazard of promoting something - politics, religion or a product - to people at their homes: they will often give you their opinions at length, if willing to talk to you at all!

It is unfortunate, however, that some people seem to see 'personal responsibility' as incompatible with responsibility for your community; and assume that anyone who receives any sort of government benefits must be undeserving, wilfully unemployed (in any case most benefit recipients of working age are not unemployed but low-paid workers), and a one-way recipient of other people's taxes (in fact, we all pay taxes - VAT/sales tax if no other type).