How have your political views changed over time?

[Hatman 🍁]

I have always been left wing, since my first political memories around 1993 (I was 7). I wanted a female PM, but I supported the Liberals.. quite the conundrum. As time grew on, I realized my (Liberal) MP was kinda right wing (John Manley) and I stopped liking the federal Liberals, and looked to the NDP. I guess I still liked the idea of a female leader. However, provincially, I was a big supporter of the Liberals. In 2003, when I was 17, I would have voted for them, as I did in the school mock election. Growing up under the Harris regime of the 1990s was hard on students and teachers alike. Of course, I quickly became disillusioned the provincial Liberals. Meanwhile federally, I supported the NDP, but I would've voted Green in the 2004 election (just a few months before my 18th birthday) because the NDP candidate was against gay marriage.

Ever since I've been able to vote, I've voted NDP though. So, my party support hasn't changed since then. However, I've become even more left wing lately. I haven't changed much on social issues, but economically I've abandoned much of my moderate heroism. I'm now experiencing what it's like to be poor and have a family in these conditions. I know what it's like to work hard for very little, while others don't. I'm experiencing all the evils of conservative society, and I don't like it at all.