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LeftishBrit

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62. Both pretty consistent Labour voters...

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Tue Feb 2, 2016, 02:50 AM

Feb 2016

though Mum voted Green against Blair after Iraq (Dad did not live to see Blair).

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What party are/were your parents? [View all] Bayard Feb 2016 OP

Parents, Democrats. Grandparents, Republicans. pnwmom Feb 2016 #1

Dad is Republican Mom is Democrat Bradical79 Feb 2016 #2

Mom is a Democratic JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #3

My dad was a strong Roosevelt Democrat, Blue_In_AK Feb 2016 #4

Both Mom and Dad voted all four times for FDR. They stayed jwirr Feb 2016 #20

Post WWII Eisenhower Republicans frogmarch Feb 2016 #5

Blue collar union democrat. JonathanRackham Feb 2016 #6

Mine, too. Important to note that "Union Democrat" thing. nt Bigmack Feb 2016 #14

Democrats Runningdawg Feb 2016 #7

My dad taught me about politics also. scarletwoman Feb 2016 #21

Sounds like my dad. hifiguy Feb 2016 #25

My father, the famed electrician.... and political scholar... Bigmack Feb 2016 #42

Parents & grandparents Democrats, as well as all the extended family on both sides. nt scarletwoman Feb 2016 #8

My mother was a upstate NY liberal Republican who voted Socialist Warpy Feb 2016 #9

democrats. both parents. grandpa DesertFlower Feb 2016 #10

Dad was a union man and an FDR/Truman Democrat hifiguy Feb 2016 #11

South Side Chicago xloadiex Feb 2016 #12

Dad, a WWII vet an Eisenhower Republican OldHippieChick Feb 2016 #13

^ I LOL'd so hard! nt StandingInLeftField Feb 2016 #17

Dad was a Goldwater Republican. I have no idea about my mother. StandingInLeftField Feb 2016 #15

Die-hard Democrats womanofthehills Feb 2016 #16

My parents were always registered Democratic csziggy Feb 2016 #18

Yellow dog Democrats for several generations on mom's side. Dad a Yellow Dog Dem, his family OregonBlue Feb 2016 #19

My parents were mercuryblues Feb 2016 #22

Democrats. They met at the Sunnyside Democratic Club in Sunnyside, Queens, New York. rug Feb 2016 #23

Dad is a rabid republican, as crazy as they come A Little Weird Feb 2016 #24

Both Parents Democrat Jim Beard Feb 2016 #26

Republican and Independent. a la izquierda Feb 2016 #27

Mother-Democrat, Grandmother - Democrat Agnosticsherbet Feb 2016 #28

Mine were crazed Republicans. HassleCat Feb 2016 #29

They were both Dems when I was growing up Proud Public Servant Feb 2016 #30

Both my parents are Dems. Odin2005 Feb 2016 #31

Dad was very conservative. Mendocino Feb 2016 #32

Dad was an Eisenhower Rep and Mom a JFK Dem n/t Still Sensible Feb 2016 #33

Parents Democrats. Paternal grandparents Republicans. Maternal grandparent FDR Democrat... haele Feb 2016 #34

Parents: Nixon Republicans. Me: Sanders FDR Progressive Democrat Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #35

Both Democrats williesgirl Feb 2016 #36

Australians and very progressive. BlueJazz Feb 2016 #37

My father was a Socialist. My mother didn't give a rip. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2016 #38

My dad was a lifelong democrat. Mom was an occasional republican. femmocrat Feb 2016 #39

My parents are pretty solid republicans. smirkymonkey Feb 2016 #40

Mother: Democratic; Father: Independent. Aristus Feb 2016 #41

Very Interesting Bayard Feb 2016 #43

Sein Fein AngryAmish Feb 2016 #44

My parents are Democrats bigwillq Feb 2016 #45

Parents Republican, I'm a Democrat. phylny Feb 2016 #46

parents, proud democrats... dhill926 Feb 2016 #47

Democrats, as were my grandparents Retrograde Feb 2016 #48

Mom and dad were not very political, but... Whiskeytide Feb 2016 #49

My adoptive parents were staunch Democrats and walked the talk by their generosity and big hearts. DiehardLiberal Feb 2016 #50

Dems of course Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2016 #51

Republicans... hoosierlib Feb 2016 #52

My dad is very conservative and I assume a registered republican. My mom is likely an independent fishwax Feb 2016 #53

Both parents were hard core Democrats, GGJohn Feb 2016 #54

Both Democrats dflprincess Feb 2016 #55

FDR/JFK Democrats. Not just parents, but wall to wall extended family, too. Stinky The Clown Feb 2016 #56

Mine were both moderate republicans, Raygun turned our whole family Raine Feb 2016 #57

My dad was a Republican... 3catwoman3 Feb 2016 #58

Mom took me on her shoulders to a McGovern rally in '72. KamaAina Feb 2016 #59

my entire family are rabid republican fundamentalists except me and Pakhet Feb 2016 #60

Democrats from WAY back, grandfather was a friend of FDR DFW Feb 2016 #61

Both pretty consistent Labour voters... LeftishBrit Feb 2016 #62

my parents were democrats, my dads mom dem, his sister dem. i'm dem trueblue2007 Feb 2016 #63

Democrats, dad preached to us three kids about the evil republicans B Calm Feb 2016 #64

When I was young they never discussed politics around me, so not sure. Lodestar Feb 2016 #65

My parents were rabid Republicans mnhtnbb Feb 2016 #66