Politics of your parents

[WMS]

Let's see, my mother is liberal, but with some exceptions on both social (actually, quite a few exceptions) and economic issues. She was still VERY ABB last year. About -2 to -4 economically, about +2 to -2 on social issues.

My father is quite liberal, and very anti-government, but has a few quirks on issues - liked McCain quite a bit, and liked Perot as well. Even more ABB than my mom. About -5 to -7 economically, about -3 to -1 on social issues.

My stepdad is more of a moderate liberal, but still over on the left. Also ABB. About -1 to +1 economically, about -3 to -5 on social issues.

My stepmom is pretty darn liberal, and is even more ABB than anyone else (MoveOn supporter, etc.). About -5 to -7 economically, about -4 to -6 on social issues.

Obviously, I'm kind of a rebel, but turnabout is fair play given how conservative the rest of the relatives are: a mix of Dixiecrat populist-conservatives on my dad's side, HIGHLY conservative religious evangelicals on my mom's side, just plain economic conservatives on my stepdad's side, and, err, I have no idea about my stepmom's family, but I would suspect Dixiecrats too.

[J. J.]

My father voted for Jesse Jackson in 1988.

Has he ever explained to you why?  I would like to hear his reasoning.

He thought it time for a Black president.  (Now Ed Brooke, I might be able to understand.)  I think he liked his economic policy, too.

[Alcon]

My mom is fairly liberal on both economic and social issues, although there are a few things that she's fairly conservative on.  For example, she doesn't think that gay marriage should be legalized.  I'm working on that.

My dad is, uh, well... a hardcore anarchist.  And he's the current leader of the Marijuana Party of Canada as the last one decided to step down.  No, I'm not kidding (you may have to refresh the page).

I'm slightly to the right of my mom, and really far to the right of my dad.

Wow...that's...interesting.

Both of my parents are very liberal. I wouldn't say socialist, although they are not exactly against socialism. I am economically to the right of them by a good margin; socially less so, but only because I lean libertarian. I'd say they would be about -7.5, -7 on the PC.

[Jake]

My mom is fairly liberal on both economic and social issues, although there are a few things that she's fairly conservative on.  For example, she doesn't think that gay marriage should be legalized.  I'm working on that.

My dad is, uh, well... a hardcore anarchist.  And he's the current leader of the Marijuana Party of Canada as the last one decided to step down.  No, I'm not kidding (you may have to refresh the page).

I'm slightly to the right of my mom, and really far to the right of my dad.

Your dad is awesome. 

[angus]

My mom is fairly liberal on both economic and social issues, although there are a few things that she's fairly conservative on.  For example, she doesn't think that gay marriage should be legalized.  I'm working on that.

My dad is, uh, well... a hardcore anarchist.  And he's the current leader of the Marijuana Party of Canada as the last one decided to step down.  No, I'm not kidding (you may have to refresh the page).

I'm slightly to the right of my mom, and really far to the right of my dad.

Wow...that's...interesting.

Both of my parents are very liberal. I wouldn't say socialist, although they are not exactly against socialism. I am economically to the right of them by a good margin; socially less so, but only because I lean libertarian. I'd say they would be about -7.5, -7 on the PC.

how in the hell are you going to say, honestly, that you lean libertarian with that ugly red avatar, I ask??

[phk]

My mother is about
Economic Left/Right: -3.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 4.50
[Economically Center-to-Left; Socially Conservative]

My father around
Economic Left/Right: 4.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.00
[Economically Center-to-Right with Social Liberal-leanings and some Third-Way/Maverick stances]

[Gabu]

My mom is fairly liberal on both economic and social issues, although there are a few things that she's fairly conservative on.  For example, she doesn't think that gay marriage should be legalized.  I'm working on that.

My dad is, uh, well... a hardcore anarchist.  And he's the current leader of the Marijuana Party of Canada as the last one decided to step down.  No, I'm not kidding (you may have to refresh the page).

I'm slightly to the right of my mom, and really far to the right of my dad.

Your dad is awesome. 

I have a feeling that it's not a coincidence that he looks stoned in that picture.

"Whoa... this balloon is AWESOME."

[dazzleman]

My mom was a pretty hard-core conservative Republican, with many of the general impulses that went along with that (anti-government, anti-union and anti-urban in particular).  Once, when she was upset with the English cirriculum at my sister's school (which was based on free-form writing without any teaching or correction of grammar or spelling - a hare-brained liberal scheme I must say), she became further incensed when she found out that (1) the program was funded by the federal government; and (2) it was used in schools in NY City.  These two factors were absolute proof in her eyes that the program was bad (and she was right).  She also hated feminists, saying they were just a bunch of angry lesbians who hate men (right about that too).

My dad is more of a limousine liberal.  He talks the liberal talk to a degree (egalitarianism, inclusiveness, etc.) but it doesn't translate into real life, and melts away like a snowball in July when faced with reality (drop him in a high-crime ghetto neighborhood, and his belief in openness to fellow human beings goes away real quick).  While he grew up poor, most of his adult life he held high level jobs and lived in upper middle class neighborhoods.

The big difference between my parents is that my mom was much less sympathetic to people in the abstract (even if she were homeless herself, she would have opposed any real initiatives to help the homeless other than forcing them into drug and alcohol treatment, maybe), but much more sympathetic on a personal level.  My dad has always talked a lot about treating people a certain way, but he would never put up with a difficult person for 5 minutes.

[Tory]

My mother is traditional Welsh old-Labour, as is her family.

My father was born into a very repectable and formerly very-wealthy southeastern family, so you could say he was born to be a Conservative. But he's more of a working class Tory, being a poor police officer for most of his life.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Neither one had any real influence on mine at all.

My dad is fairly apolitical and just likes to vote for 3rd parties.

My mom is a Democrat who says she's an independent. But she even voted for Mondale and has only twice voted Republican in a major race, she voted for Hoeven for governor twice. The first time she got worried about Heitkamp's cancer and thought it would stop her from being an effective governor, plus she had met Hoeven before and thought he was a nice guy. Last year she voted for him becuase he was running against a candidate who was a total joke and won in a landslide. I gurantee she'd vote for Conrad over him though. She tends to dislike big business, hawkish foreign policy and the religious right, and overall comes out to being fairly left of center.

[Smash255]

Mom  Not all that interested in politics, but pretty much a moderate.  Voted for Bush this time, mainly because she believes he should finish what he started, voted for Clinton twice, not that sure about the rest.  She votes, but doesn't follow the issues much. 
E 0.0  S-1.0

Dad- for the most part socially liberal (has no problem with gay marriage, thinks Bush's ammendment is stupid, pro-choice, pro gun control (very anti-gun), but also pro-death penalty, a moderate for the most part on economic issues, but leans left (likes tax-cuts, but believes it favors the rich too much, against Privitizing Social Security, was originally for the war in Iraq, but thinks it was a mistake now.  Overall has split his votes in presidential elections, doesn't like Bush, but did vote for him last year (doesn't like Kerry either, was a hold the nose type vote).  For the most part though has leaned more Dem over the past 10 years or so (did vote for Bush, but it was a hold the nose type vote because he didn't like either one, voted for Gore in 00 & Clinton twice.
E -1.5  S-4.75

[nini2287]

My mom is a pretty liberal Democrat...she rarely votes for Republicans in any races at all..E-5/S-7

My dad is much more of a moderate liberal, especially social who has some 3rd way tendencies (he voted for Anderson in 1980 and Nader in 2000)..E-1/S-4

[Josh/Devilman88]

Well lets see... My Dad would be a very right Republican..  My mom would be very right Republican too. My Grandfather fought in Nam. He is a very right Republican.. My Grandmother protested Nam. She is lean Democrat.
My brother is a young democrat who don't like the war because he don't want to fight for his country.

[Blerpiez]

My mother is a very liberal democrat- probably around Econ -7 and Social -8 as I used to be.  My father is less political, he is probably center-left

[angus]

(drop him in a high-crime ghetto neighborhood, and his belief in openness to fellow human beings goes away real quick). 

but isn't that the way it usually is with the upper- to upper middle-crust "liberals"?

[dazzleman]

(drop him in a high-crime ghetto neighborhood, and his belief in openness to fellow human beings goes away real quick). 

but isn't that the way it usually is with the upper- to upper middle-crust "liberals"?

Absolutely.  That's why I don't hold those latte liberals in terribly high regard.