Do you vote the same party your parents do/did?

Question

Curious.

Clarification:

I mean in general. Most people, even if they don't vote straight ticket, usually associates themselves with one party more than the others.

I'm simply curious because my parents and I vote very differently.

Answer 1

Kind of, my parent grew up democrat before the influence of the 60's counter culture invaded and warped the party into what they are today, but now my folks vote mostly republican for national offices, democrat for local offices. I've always been a republican, so kind of yes, kind of no.

Answer 2

Well, if we have the same candidates in mind, then yes. If not, no. This is a free country, and that's why we were given the privilege to vote. My parents don't try to influence my vote anyway.

Answer 3

I don't vote party.
I think voting party line, is a completely irresponsible and second only to treason, of unpatriotic things to do.
If you aren't being an informed voter, looking at each candidate and issue, and deciding which candidate is the best, regardless of party, you aren't doing what is in the best interest of our nation.

My parents don't vote party either, so i guess in a round about way, we do vote the same, but since they are a bit older, we have very different issues that we feel are important.

Answer 4

I'm not certain how my Dad votes today. We usually don't discuss politics.

I'm fairly sure my Mom and step-Dad, if they vote, are scathingly liberal, so no.

If I had to paint them on the spectrum, my Dad is pretty much a 'centrist'. Given that my Mom is really good at holding a grudge (she hasn't contacted me in 3 years over something she did which I objected to), she'd be a good old style Soviet Communist, and were we Russians, I'd have been sent to the Gulag long ago.

Answer 5

Yes. My parents voted for Roosevelt, Truman, Stevenson, Kennedy and every Democrat through Clinton, Gore, and Kerry. I voted for every Democrat from McGovern through Kerry. I once voted for Mark Hatfield for Senator, when the Democrats didn't field a very good candidate.

Answer 6

my dad votes dem- 100% of the time

my mother votes for whoever is good. (sometimes if there is an election when she is angry her judgement is clouded. IE voting GOP just because our taxes went up despite the candidate not standing for thing our family believes in)

I try and go for whoever is best.

Answer 7

Neither one of my parents made their party affiliation clear to me before I chose a party for myself. By the time I had chosen, my mother had passed away. And long after I had chosen, my father finally revealed to me that I had chosen his party.

BTW, I no longer identify with a party -- at least in terms of my votes or my financial contributions. I didn't vote in 2004 or 2006 and I doubt that I will ever vote again. So I still think of myself as a conservative, but not as a "Repubican."

Answer 8

When I was growing up (70's) my parents voted Democrat. Like many people of my parent's generation, they got fed up with the Democratic agenda and started identifying more and more with the Republican Party and their Reagan era conservatism.

I'll have to admit, I was young and stupid and I voted for Clinton in his first term, but after that debacle, I was GOP from then on, and proud of it!

Answer 9

My parents are Conservative, I am Liberal.

They voted for Bush, and still support him. I didn't vote for him and have never supported him.



So, the answer is no.

Answer 10

My parents didn't vote, so I'd have to say no.