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Dad was/is a Tory through and through, Thatcher was his hero etc. (find it hard to understand how someone coming from a very poor and run-down part of Glasgow could vote Tory but I expect its a lot to do with religion). We were raised with Radio Four and strict Right Wing ideology.
I don't know my mother's political affiliation as she is a firm believer in the secret ballot but I'd reckon she's rather middle of the road with her religious side pulling her to the Right but her Finnish upbringing pulling her to the Left but generally she didn't speak much about political matters except to stress the importance of voting.
I moved further to the Left from my early to mid teens once I started to critically evaluate my dad's political beliefs and eventually politics in general. I am quite Left Wing now (last election I voted for the Greens and before that The Left Alliance, and just voted Labour in the UK election), my leaning being especially solidified after experiencing being very poor for a few years. Not poor any more really but would never vote for a Right Wing party as I know their policies hurt the poor and vulnerable.
There's nothing on your list for 3rd parties or independents.
BIG PROBLEM
Eh. Not really. While actually consider myself an independent... for practical purposes, I VOTE as a conservative (even though I am pro-Choice and believe in climate change... desiring financial accountability and deporting illegals is more important to me). I know that voting for a third party would be just throwing my vote away. The US should more be like France with two elections. The first with all the candidates, then the second as a runoff between the two most voted for candidates.
Dad was/is a Tory through and through, Thatcher was his hero etc. (find it hard to understand how someone coming from a very poor and run-down part of Glasgow could vote Tory but I expect its a lot to do with religion). We were raised with Radio Four and strict Right Wing ideology.
I don't know my mother's political affiliation as she is a firm believer in the secret ballot but I'd reckon she's rather middle of the road with her religious side pulling her to the Right but her Finnish upbringing pulling her to the Left but generally she didn't speak much about political matters except to stress the importance of voting.
I moved further to the Left from my early to mid teens once I started to critically evaluate my dad's political beliefs and eventually politics in general. I am quite Left Wing now (last election I voted for the Greens and before that The Left Alliance, and just voted Labour in the UK election), my leaning being especially solidified after experiencing being very poor for a few years. Not poor any more really but would never vote for a Right Wing party as I know their policies hurt the poor and vulnerable.
Interesting to read an international perspective, thank you.
Went back to it. I was raised in a Democratic family, but was an Independent for 30 years. Only voted for a Republican candidate twice in all that time. Pointless. I joined the Democratic Party in my 50's.
Raised in a long line of staunch Democrats in the family. My elderly parents are still Democrats. I've been Libertarian since I was old enough to vote, though frequently vote Republican as their platform is usually much closer to Libertarian than is the Dems'.
FWIW, my political beliefs, perspective on life in general, and the life and financial choices I've made have resulted in my socioeconomic mobility of coming from a very low-middle income family to becoming a 1%-er in my 30s. I'm the only one in my extended family (all Democrats) to have done so. Many of them still struggle. We just don't ever discuss politics. Not worth losing loved ones.
I admit it ...I did vote Democrat ONCE many years ago in a Presidential election. But I'm ashamed of that, and I quickly realized my mistake (by the way, the guy didn't win).
I was raised politically neutral. My dad took great pride in watching the news with us each night (CNN, CSPAN), having me read the paper cover to cover starting from age 7 or 8, and discussing what I thought about the news. And then he would argue against whatever I believed in order to make me question why I thought the way I did.
That upbringing made me incredibly liberal.
It took me by great surprise when I was 25 years old and my dad announced he was, and always had been, a socialist. My libertarian brother and I had always thought he leaned conservative based on the way he discussed politics with us. Nope, not at all.
So sorry for you.
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