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Originally Posted by biscuitmom
I agree.
DH was a staunch conservative when we married. 37 years later, he's one of the most liberal people I know. He's fond of saying that the best thing I ever did for him was prevent him from voting for Reagan. I was pregnant at the time and on Dr. ordered bedrest; I told DH if he voted for Reagan I'd climb out of bed and vote for Carter to cancel out his vote. So we both sat out that election.
It was the "religious right" movement that initially soured him and as that fundamentalist moralistic attitude has deepened in the GOP, DH has reacted by shifting even farther left.
FWIW, we're white protestant Christians, have a more-than-comfortable income, and live in an affluent gated suburban community in a red state.
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As I mentioned earlier in the thread, that is quite similar to my dad (though he was never quite a conservative and more of a moderate)
He use to pretty much vote for both parties equally, now he pretty much votes 90% Democratic. He never was a fan of the religious right, but the religious right having more influence within the GOP, really started to push him more liberal and Democratic over the past decade/ Then as he retired a few years ago, my parents moved from Long Island to South Carolina (Charlotte suburbs) The GOP is considerably further to the right there (especially socially) and he moved more and more to the liberal and Democratic side since moving down there (he is in his late 60's non-practicing Catholic- middle class- worked for a bank in Manhattan)