do you guys have a family that has opposite political views to you

[Kringleberg]

Most of my family supports Hillary afaik except for my mother who believes Annoying Orange is a better option, probably because he said that he would reinforce diplomatic ties with Russia and my mother is russian. I think my sister is the most Liberal family member, given that she adamantly insisted that Annoying Orange is one of the worst people ever during the monthly Kringleberg family debate™

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[sir dooble]

my parents hate the eu and support Annoying Orange

I'm the opposite, ish

That's interesting on both counts. Are your parents Scottish themselves?
Generally speaking Scotland is pro-EU, and I believe Anti-Annoying Orange, on account of his trying to evict Scots for golf courses and demanding wind turbines are removed.
My family and I share most of our views. We're right-wing, generally in line with British Conservatives.
Although at times my family have stronger views than me on certain issues.

[c]

my mom went from democrat --> republican during the 2012 elections and my dad has always been conservative

[Foxscotch]

my mom, yes, in some ways
she tries to be pro-lgbt and anti-racism and so on but in the end a lot of it just comes out as prejudiced one way or another anyway. but on any non-social issues she's pretty conservative
my sister generally lines up with me on social issues but I really have no idea how she feels (if at all) about economic stuff or anything else

[Maxwell.]

That's interesting on both counts. Are your parents Scottish themselves?
Generally speaking Scotland is pro-EU, and I believe Anti-Annoying Orange, on account of his trying to evict Scots for golf courses and demanding wind turbines are removed.

yeah they are

my parents are in a minority I guess lol

[Pastrey Crust]

I support the PTS. My mom supports the UCR. My dad supports the PRO.

(dad's side) My grandpa supports the PTS. My aunt supports FPV. My uncle is indifferent and always votes in blank.

(Mom's side) My grandma supports the UCR. My greatgrandma supports the PRO. My great aunt supports the PRO. My other great aunt supports the PRO.


Look them up in wikipedia. It's too long to explain here what each political party is.

[Bisjac]

like most voters, my dad stays home to watch tv, and my mom votes for someone based on personality.

[carolcat]

pretty much my entire family is made up of radical conservatives

my parents practically worship rush limbaugh and glenn beck. we have a small shrine on our mantle of rush limbaugh everything. all his books, audiobooks, plushies, autographed picture, etc. every morning my dad drinks grape juice from his rush limbaugh mug and hand washes it himself. he reads the limbaugh letter at every opportunity. it is ridiculous.

[Doughboy]

all of the family and most of my friends are in line with me
those that arent are either not interested in politics or considered nutjobs (for other qualities)

[Drydess]

my brother is pro-sanders (still) but my parents are pro johnson so they're pretty in line

[Swat 3]

im in the military and my parents arent too fond of it, if that counts

hardly, recruit. 10 pushups.

my dad is strictly republican (my grandfather, who came from switzerland, didn't like immigrants who didn't come in legally, came in when that started to become an issue, often expressed it at dinner, etc.) and my mom is strictly independent, but mostly votes for democrats but goes on about the third party system.

i find this beneficial since i've always had two answers to a political question. although i find myself to liken towards a republican party, both parties are forgetfests. i am economically right (work for your stuff) but rather moderate socially. i do believe what made this country great was the rich people who went out of their way to be philanthropists and leading the nation into new industries. the government can do the same, but not until we actually have the money to do it.

[Epicduke]

my dad doesn't really talk about politics but what I got from him I'd that hes a Democrat, but isn't super liberal, I think he voted for Reagan and I know he voted for bush in 2000. my mom doesn't talk about politics but I guess she's a Democrat but less liberal than my dad.

so I guess we're about the same but disagree on some things (like Hilary) but we don't talk about politics besides my dad saying what he thinks when the radio is on

[Zloff]

my parents have strong opinions on what should be done etc. but they don't pay too much attention to actual politics or news. their mindset is "anybody but the democrats", but when they bring up any sort of political discussion with me i tend to convince them to adopt a more libertarian view, one topic at a time lol

[XR-7]

Tbh I tend to fall more moderate than on a specific side of the spectrum while my family is pretty exclusively conservative, but at the same time I tend to find more agreement with republicans like my family does.

Nevertheless, I still try to stay partially informed on the candidates so I'm not just blindly voting for a D or an R.

[SetGaming]

my parents are pretty middle ground. they think that "lgbt" should have rights, but they don't want to see them irl, and they think that racism is stupid, but that stereotypes are there for a reason. they're chill most of the time, though

i think the real difference comes between how they think on an individual standpoint, but i think on a group standpoint - like how some people believe that one person doing something will fix all the others, where i believe all need to be fixed at once. just me though, if that makes sense.

being gay myself, i consider myself pretty liberal. i don't like where the conservative (or liberal, for that matter) parties are going, but hey, there's a reason why voting has majority rule. more people want one ideology than the other, so it caters to the majority. do i worry about coming out to my parents? sometimes yeah, but otherwise i think they're pretty rational. i won't be very happy if they flip their stuff for no reason, but i doubt that they will, they'll just be pretty upset or something along those lines. they're not anti-lgbt, they just don't want to be near it or associated with it, likewise. i feel that the lgbt movement, while on the right track, have become very excessive with the way they display advocacy. sure, i still support the movement, but i don't consider myself "involved" because even as a gay guy, i think polyamory is kinda weird, i don't like lgbt culture how "omg look how gay i am" works - not because people shouldn't have the right to be gay, but i just like how "straight" people act. calm and normal, in a sense.

my parents and family are mainly voting for hillary, like i would, but i still think that Annoying Orange is provided with a little more negative press than needed. as someone who doesn't take hours and hours looking at political content (because i know it frustrates me long term), i still think that the "anti-Annoying Orange" stance is a little hive-minded, regardless of my family saying that he's a "dingdong lunatic" despite them agreeing with several of his views. even with what i've read of him, i still don't think he'd make a great president, but i don't think either candidate would be.

so in a way, my family is pretty similar in terms of political views, but there's a couple niche standpoints that we're on total opposite sites of the spectrum for.