How has your family voted?

[Tidewater_Wave]

90% of people vote the same as their parents from what I've observed outside of this forum. Those who don't perhaps don't register until a later age.

[BritishDixie]

My American Uncle (got citizenship in 1989) Kind of wacky in his voting. Didn't really know sh*t about U.S Politics in 1992 so voted Perot as he supported the balanced budget. 1996, thought Dole was too old, in 2000, despite the prosperity he despised Gore.Other than that a fairly. straight Republican.

1992: Perot
1996: Clinton
2000: Bush
2004: Bush
2008: McCain

My American (always so) Aunt

1984: Reagan
1988: Bush
1992: Clinton
1996: Clinton
2000: Gore
2004: Bush
2008: McCain

[Yelnoc]

This is all of the voting history I know about my family.

Paternal Grandmother
1968: Hubert Humphrey

Dad
1972: Richard Nixon
1976: Gerald Ford
1980: Ronald Reagan
1984: Ronald Reagan
1988: George H.W. Bush
1992: George H.W. Bush
1996: ?
2000: George W. Bush
2004: George W. Bush
2008: John McCain

Mom
1988: ?
1992: Ross Perot
1996: ?
2000: George W. Bush
2004: George W. Bush
2008: John McCain

[Governor Maxwell]

Dad:
1988: George H.W. Bush
1992: George H.W. Bush
1996: Bob Dole
2000: George W. Bush
2004: George W. Bush
2008: John McCain (Very Reluctantly)
2012: Gary Johnson (should he be on the ballot)

Mom:
1988: Michael Dukakis
1992: Ross Perot
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore
2004: John Kerry
2008: Barack Obama
2012: Barack Obama

Me:
2012: Gary Johnson (Should he be on the ballot)

[Is JCL in mushy sappy love]

Dad:
1972: Nixon
1976: Ford
1980/4: Reagan
1988: HW
1992: HW
1996: Dole or Buchanan
2000: W
2004: W
2008: McCain or likely wrote in Fred Thompson

Grandpa: (Dad's Dad, Dad was a Steelworkers union guy but a conservative Republican)
1948-1980 All GOP

Grandma: (Dad's Mom)
1952-2004 Likely Straight Democrat (Likely a Blue Dog) 

Me (including Mock Elections)
1988: Bush
1992: Bush
1996: Dole
2000: W
2004: W (I regret this one a lot)
2008: McCain (Only because of fellow Assemblies of God adherent Sarah Palin) almost voted for Baldwin
2012: Paul in the primary currently undecided between Romney and writing in a ticket of Ron Paul/Jim DeMint

[mondale84]

Maternal Grandfather:

1948-present: GOP

Maternal Grandmother:

Unknown, probably straight GOP

Paternal Grandparents: non-citizens, living abroad

Father: recent citizen

2012: Barack Obama

Mother:

1972: George McGovern
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Jimmy Carter
1984: Walter Mondale
1988: Michael Dukakis
1992: Bill Clinton
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: Al Gore
2004: John Kerry
2008: Barack Obama
2012: Barack Obama

Me:

2012: Barack Obama

[I Can't Get That Sound You Make, Out Of My Head]

Step-father: Presumably all Democratic, but probably won't vote from here on in.

None of the other relatives I'm close have voted, for obvious reasons

[OC]

Mom
1976 P Jimmy Carter
1980 S Teddy Kennedy
1984 S Walter Mondale
1988 S Jesse Jackson
1992 P Bill Clinton
1996 P Bill Clinton

Me
2000 S Bill Bradley
2004 S John Kerry
2008 S Barack Obama

[Rooney]

I have an older brother (he is 36 years old) who lives in a tent outside of Bonaparte, Iowa, and makes his living selling religious tracts and pamphlets. As you might expect he has only voted for Ron Paul.

[Assistant to the Regional Manager Cathcon]

I have an older brother (he is 36 years old) who lives in a tent outside of Bonaparte, Iowa, and makes his living selling religious tracts and pamphlets. As you might expect he has only voted for Ron Paul.

Religious Tracts?

[asexual trans victimologist]

My entire family has voted Democrat since we've been in the United States, with a few exceptions in a branch that identifies more strongly with a different branch of their own family than the one that I'm in (the most recent Republican candidate for Massachusetts State Auditor is actually in this branch).

[Progressive Realist]

My entire family has voted Democrat since we've been in the United States, with a few exceptions in a branch that identifies more strongly with a different branch of their own family than the one that I'm in (the most recent Republican candidate for Massachusetts State Auditor is actually in this branch).

Interesting! How would you describe this person's politics? Because MA Republicans, like many (most?) Republicans in the Northeast, tend to be a bit more...um...'traditionally" Republican than elsewhere in the country.

[homelycooking]

My father has voted for the Democrat in every presidential election since 1972 (his first) except for 1980, in which he voted for John Anderson. Unsurprisingly, he is a registered Democrat.
My mother does not seem to have strong political views and does not always vote, but I don't believe she has ever voted Republican. She is an independent.
Both of my grandmothers are lifelong Democrats. My paternal grandmother even claims to have met FDR when she was a teenager living in Philadelphia and, afterward, voted for him in 1944.

[ChairmanSanchez]

Im gonna have to guess on a lot of these....

Dads Dad (1915-1997)
1936: Roosevelt
1940: Wilkie
1944: Dewey
1948: Dewey
1952: Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Nixon
1964: Johnson
1968: Nixon
1972: Nixon
1976: Ford
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Bush
1992: Bush
1996: Dole

Dads Mom (1925-)
1948: Dewey
1952: Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Nixon
1964: Johnson
1968: Nixon
1972: Nixon
1976: Ford
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Bush
1992: Bush
1996: Dole
2000: Bush
2004: Bush
2008: McCain

Moms Dad (1939-2008)
1960: Kennedy
1964: Johnson
1968: Humphrey
1972: McGovern
1976: Carter
1980: Carter
1984: Mondale
1988: Dukakis
1992: Perot
1996: Clinton
2000: Gore
2004: Kerry

Moms Mom (1942-)
1964: Goldwater
1968: Wallace
1972: Nixon
1976: Ford
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Bush
1992: Bush
1996: Dole
2000: Bush
2004: Bush
2008: McCain

Dad (1955-)
1976: Carter
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Bush
1992: Bush
1996: Dole
2000: Bush
2004: Bush
2008: McCain

Mom (1965-)
1984: Reagan
1988: Bush
1992: Bush
1996: Clinton
2000: Bush
2004: Bush
2008: McCain

Uncle (1969-)
1988: Bush
1992: Bush
1996: Dole
2000: Buchanan
2004: Bush
2008: Obama

Me (1996-), if I could vote in all elections, 1900 to present.
1900: McKinley
1904: Parker
1908: Taft
1912: Taft
1916: Hughes
1920: Cox
1924: Davis
1928: Hoover
1932: Hoover
1936: Landon
1940: Wilkie
1944: Dewey
1948: Thurmond
1952: Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Nixon
1964: Goldwater
1968: Wallace
1972: McGovern
1976: Carter
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Paul
1992: Perot
1996: Perot
2000: Buchanan
2004: Kerry
2008: Baldwin

[sg0508]

Family used to be pretty republican when the moderates were dominating.  Yes, my family even voted for Uncle Barry in '64.  Then, starting in the mid 80s when it became clear that corporate America was taking over, it's been mostly democratic voting, outside of 2004.

[Assistant to the Regional Manager Cathcon]

Sanchez, you're lucky you were able to get all that info on your family's voting history. Half of mine is whiped out and I can't ever ask them those questions.

[Pacific Councillor Big Wiggly Style]

Mom and Dad have both voted straight Republicans since they could vote so.

My Maternal Grandmother voted for JFK in '60, but hasn't voted D since. My mom's brothers both voted for Obama, not sure other than that. My dad's family is mostly Republican as well. I think my aunt and my cousins voted for Obama, however.

[MilesC56]

Dad- A lifelong Republican in the mold of John Chafee or Nelson Rockefeller. He voted voted for McCain over Bush in the 2000 primaries; ever since Bush, he's been talking about leaving the party. Voted for Obama.

Mom- Pretty centrist. Not very into politics.

Dad's parents- His mom is a liberal Democrats from Boston; despises anything and every Republican. My grandpa on this side died about 8 years before I was born. He was from West Virginia though, so I'll assume he voted Democrat as well.

Mom's parents- Great examples of Dixiecrats who never switched parties. My grandma usually laments at how "un-American" Obama is and says that Carter was the worst President ever. My grandpa on this side is somewhat to the left of my grandma though. They'll still vote for some local Democrats like Mary Landrieu.

Other than that, my extended family is staunchly Republican. My aunts love to hate Michelle Obama and the consensus among them is that Obama was born in Kenya. I consider myself Conservative Democrat, but next to them, I look like a Bernie Sanders socialist.

[asexual trans victimologist]

My entire family has voted Democrat since we've been in the United States, with a few exceptions in a branch that identifies more strongly with a different branch of their own family than the one that I'm in (the most recent Republican candidate for Massachusetts State Auditor is actually in this branch).

Interesting! How would you describe this person's politics? Because MA Republicans, like many (most?) Republicans in the Northeast, tend to be a bit more...um...'traditionally" Republican than elsewhere in the country.

Mary's mostly a fiscally conservative technocrat type. She was on the Turnpike Commission and an ally of Romney when he was governor. Back when gay marriage was legalized she was one of the people freaking out about it but she seems to have mellowed on that since then. She has a specific (and, to be quite frank, entirely reasonable) grudge against NPR but doesn't seem to be opposed to it on principle.

[IDS Legislator Alfred F. Jones]

DEMOCRATS

[Assistant to the Regional Manager Cathcon]

My entire family has voted Democrat since we've been in the United States, with a few exceptions in a branch that identifies more strongly with a different branch of their own family than the one that I'm in (the most recent Republican candidate for Massachusetts State Auditor is actually in this branch).

Interesting! How would you describe this person's politics? Because MA Republicans, like many (most?) Republicans in the Northeast, tend to be a bit more...um...'traditionally" Republican than elsewhere in the country.

Mary's mostly a fiscally conservative technocrat type. She was on the Turnpike Commission and an ally of Romney when he was governor. Back when gay marriage was legalized she was one of the people freaking out about it but she seems to have mellowed on that since then. She has a specific (and, to be quite frank, entirely reasonable) grudge against NPR but doesn't seem to be opposed to it on principle.

http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=48761 ?

[asexual trans victimologist]

My entire family has voted Democrat since we've been in the United States, with a few exceptions in a branch that identifies more strongly with a different branch of their own family than the one that I'm in (the most recent Republican candidate for Massachusetts State Auditor is actually in this branch).

Interesting! How would you describe this person's politics? Because MA Republicans, like many (most?) Republicans in the Northeast, tend to be a bit more...um...'traditionally" Republican than elsewhere in the country.

Mary's mostly a fiscally conservative technocrat type. She was on the Turnpike Commission and an ally of Romney when he was governor. Back when gay marriage was legalized she was one of the people freaking out about it but she seems to have mellowed on that since then. She has a specific (and, to be quite frank, entirely reasonable) grudge against NPR but doesn't seem to be opposed to it on principle.

http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=48761 ?

Yup, that's her (although I'd forgotten about her work for the State Lottery, and I could be confusing that with the Turnpike Authority).

[phk]

Mostly Dem AFAIK

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Maternal Grandma (1936-):
1960: Kennedy (D)
1964: Johnson (D)
1968: Nixon (R)
1972: Nixon (R)
1976: Carter (D)
1980: Carter (D)
1984: Reagan (R)
1988: Dukakis (D) (I think)
1992: Bush (R) (Again, I think)
1996: Unknown
2000: Gore (D)
2004: Bush (R)
2008: McCain (R)

My Youngest Maternal Aunt (1966-)
1984: Mondale (D)
1988: Dukakis (D)
1992: Clinton (D)
1996: Clinton (D)
2000: Gore (D)
2004: Bush (R)
2008: McCain (R)

My Oldest Maternal Aunt (1963-)
1984: Mondale (D)
1988: Dukakis (D)
1992: Clinton (D)
1996: Clinton (D)
2000: Gore (D)
2004: Kerry (D)
2008: McCain (R)

My Mother (1962-)
1980: Carter (D)
1984: Unknown
1988: Didn't vote because she was hospitalized, but campaigned for Dukakis (D)
1992: Bush (R)
1996: Dole (R)
2000: Gore (D) (I think)
2004: Unknown
2008: Obama (D)

Maternal Grandpa (1916-1990) -- a lot of these are guesses (*).
1960: Kennedy (D)
1964: Goldwater (R)*
1968: Humphrey (D)*
1972: Nixon (R)
1976: Ford (R)*
1980: Totally Unknown
1984: Reagan (R)*
1988: Dukakis (D)*

Maternal Great-Grandmother [Maternal Grandmother's Mother] (1915-1999)-- mostly guesses.
1936: Roosevelt (D)
1940: Roosevelt (D)
1944: Roosevelt (D)
1948: Truman (D)
1952: Eisenhower (R)
1956: Eisenhower (R)
1960: Nixon (R)
1964: Unknown
1968: Nixon (R)
1972: Nixon (R)
1976: Ford (R)
1980: Reagan (R)
1984: Reagan (R)
1988: Bush (R)
1992: Bush (R)
1996: Dole (R)

I'd have to research some of this more before I give a whole lot of answers.  As you can see, I've had to guess on a lot of these.

Me (If I could have voted)-- many of these are guesses.
1856: Fremont (R)
1860: Lincoln (R)
1864: Lincoln (R)
1868: Grant (R)
1872: Grant (R)
1876: Hayes (R)
1880: Garfield (R)
1884: Blaine (R)
1888: Harrison (R)
1892: Harrison (R)
1896: McKinley (R)
1900: McKinley (R)
1904: Roosevelt (R)
1908: Taft (R)
1912: Taft (R)* , though Roosevelt would have been very tempting.
1916: Hughes (R)
1920: Harding (R)
1924: Coolidge (R)
1928: Hoover (R)
1932: Hoover (R)*
1936: Landon (R)
1940: Willkie (R)
1944: Dewey (R)*
1948: Dewey (R)
1952: Eisenhower (R)
1956: Eisenhower (R)
1960: Nixon (R)
1964: Goldwater (R)*
1968: Nixon (R)
1972: Nixon (R)
1976: Ford (R)
1980: Reagan (R)*, though Anderson would have been tempting.
1984: Reagan (R)
1988: Bush (R)*
1992: Bush (R)
1996: Dole (R)
2000: Bush (R)
2004: Bush (R)
2008: McCain (R)
More to come.

[Vosem]

Having immigrated from Russia & the Ukraine in two waves, the first in 1995 and 1997, few people in my family have voted. My paternal grandfather, a former CPSU member and a colonel in the Soviet Army who only narrowly avoided Afghanistan, cast his first and only vote in 2008, supporting John McCain for President and Jerrold Nadler for the House of Representatives. Unfortunately, he passed away from cancer in 2008. My mother also registered for the first time in 2008; she voted for McCain in 2008 and was then a Strickland/Portman voter in 2010 (voting against Dennis Kucinich, I forget the candidate names, both times).