What one thing in your life affected your party affiliation the most?

Answer 1

Bill Clinton's administration...I was in the Army...he treated us like **** and did not pay us wel, but he wanted to tax u smore nad give the money to people who did not work...(I thought, I am not going to work my *** off so some people do not have to work and just pump out more kids so they can have more money...they could do like I did and join the military...there is always a job with the military...)then I began to see most Democrats felt the same way so I voted Republican in 96, 00, 04...

Answer 2

The closure of Ravenscraig steelworks in Lanarkshire, Scotland in the 1980's. The British government closed the most profitable steel plant in Europe (the steel industry was government run then) and transferred the work to a loss-making plant in Wales for political reasons.

That action encouraged me to join the Scottish National Party.

Answer 3

Being out of work. It's easy to enjoy and believe in a strong economy when you're paying the bills, moving up in an organization that you believe in. When you lose your job (through no fault of your own), suddenly the couple of hundred a week in unemployment is critical to your living. Paying bills becomes a full-time job. If it weren't for the 'safety net' that the government provides, there would be millions more homeless people.

I'm a democrat, and proud to pay my fair share of taxes to both make the country a better place, and to help those who are most needy of help.

Answer 4

Watching my single mother struggle, save, scrimp and work her @$$ off while we remained poor, and my father cheerfully took two-week vacations at the beach without paying one red cent in child support during the Reagan years. Coupled with the rise of the "Moral Majority" and the Christian right, and conservatives and Republican embrace of it, which scares the living bejeebers out of me.

The "Moral Majority" was the reason I opted out of Christianity, and the reason I continue to vote Democrat.

Answer 5

My desire and willingness to help others. My belief that all children should have access to an excellent education and health care. My belief that our Country should be by the people and for the people; ALL PEOPLE regardless of religion, race and sexual orientation. My belief that our tax dollars should be spent making our Country a better place, not just a safer place.

Answer 6

Being a female who isn't rich is the main thing that motivates me to vote Democratic. After all, the Democrats do a better job of looking out for the interests of women and the poor than the Republicans do.

Answer 7

Parents who were raised and suffered in the Great Depression and their parents who came here from Europe for economic reasons. I was taught to work, work hard, learn as much as possible, have something else to fall back on and save.

Answer 8

My upbringing. I was taught that the world does not owe me, and that I, and I alone, am responsible for my education or lack of it, and for my successes and failures. I was taught that if I fail, the consequences are mine to shoulder and to learn from. My consequences are not any one else's responsibility to fix. And finally, I remember my Dad playing this game with me. He would ask me a question and I would answer. Sometimes he would respond with a stern, "ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?!" I would usually waffle and second-guess myself, even if I knew I was right. He used this game as a lesson to stand by my convictions and not to be swayed by the masses who might disagree with me. It taught me self-reliance, to trust my own observations, and not to blindly follow a crowd.

Answer 9

I like to think for myself and hate to see my tax money going to hand outs and free bees and slick willie Hillary and john Kerry ted Kennedy scare the hell out of me how these buffoons keep their followers is beyond me

Answer 10

Ronald Reagan. The pride and confidence he gave America.