How did your grandparents vote?

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Paternal grandparents (born 1934): Grew up in a very wealthy part of Oslo, have voted Conservative all their lives. Having held public sector jobs all their lives, they have always been staunch defenders of the welfare state. Like most people of their generation in Norway, they are still skeptical about immigration and other cultures. My grandfather also worked for the UN in Baghdad in the 60s, which helped shape his views on Islam and Islamic immigration. Unfortunately, he is so disillusioned that he can't be bothered to vote anymore.

Maternal grandparents (born 1933 and 1935): Staunchly Catholic, lower middle class from smalltown Pennsylvania. Mostly liberal on economic issues and moderate on social issues (you keep out of my face, I keep out of yours). They may have voted Eisenhower in '56, definitely voted Kennedy in '60 and LBJ in '64. From the way my grandmother talks about the late '60s, she - or both of them - may have voted Nixon in '68. I'm not sure how McGovern's liberalism sat with them in '72. From there on in, I'm pretty sure it's been a straight Democratic vote - never heard them talk about Ronald Reagan with any kind of enthusiasm.