Do you and your hubby match politically?

txbootsy

Do you usually vote for the same candidates or parties?

txbootsy

We don't match 100%, but we are close I would say.

My DH is 100% liberal, like super liberal. He's almost anti-south (haha).

I consider myself a moderate liberal, where I go through each candidate on the ballots, and vote for who I agree with. So I never vote straight one party on a ticket.

But we dont argue about it thank goodness.

KelleyA

I'm a little more middle of the road than he is, he's pretty firm in his affiliations.  I actually rely upon him for a lot of synopsis and data.  

melrrr

No. He is a republican. I am a more liberal independent who tends to vote for democrats. I haven't voted for a republican pres candidate since I was 18 and voted against Clinton in his first election. We have voted for the same candidate in local elections but I'm pretty sure we will forever cancel out each other's votes for pres. 

Luckily neither of us are very political so it's never an issue.  

04JaxBride

We are both relatively liberal, and mostly democrat-ish.

mom2ll

We are both very fiscally conservative.  However, he's more socially libral (for a Republican) than I am.  We joke.  I'm from California.  A California conservative is not the same as a Tx conservative.

TexasSmith

We both used to be very conservative, but are rethinking a lot. Both still fiscally conservative...I pretty much consider myself to be a Libertarian now, while he is still a bit more conservative on some social issues than I am. We don't argue about it, but we do have thoughtful discussions since we are both thinking through issues and are open-minded about changing positions.

PAGAS

DH didn't care about politics at all when we met, now he is a passionate conservative/Libertarian.  I am a Libertarian, but not at all passionate about it.

aprilprincess

Not in the least sadly. When we met he didn't even vote. I was shocked and encouraged him to get more involved. My mistake. He's pretty far on the right and I'm the opposite. I used to be pretty independent but now am much more of a democrat the more I argue with him. To be honest, I no longer want to talk politics at home.

ellkaysmom

Pretty much. We're both small govt, pro-states' rights, fiscally conservative, and socially we're very liberal. 

AmyDrinkie

He's coming around to my ways of thinking.

rayskit10

Yes, we are on the same page. It is pretty important to me, but I couldn't say if it would have been a deal breaker the other way. I get more emotional about some things but he is very well read and very informed. We make a great debate team!

He is in a profession where most of his work colleagues are conservative, mostly for personal financial reasons. When he was a young associate, a partner said to us "You wait. When you make more money, you'll want to keep more of it and you'll start to vote the other way." In fact, the opposite has been true. Since he became a partner and started making more money, we are both more liberal than ever. 

Febbride04

Sort of.  He is generally a social liberal, but somewhat libertarian on fiscal and military policy.  He wants a viable third party.  I am a moderate liberal Democrat.

Red_Dahlia

rayskit10:

Yes, we are on the same page. It is pretty important to me, but I couldn't say if it would have been a deal breaker the other way. I get more emotional about some things but he is very well read and very informed. We make a great debate team!

He is in a profession where most of his work colleagues are conservative, mostly for personal financial reasons. When he was a young associate, a partner said to us "You wait. When you make more money, you'll want to keep more of it and you'll start to vote the other way." In fact, the opposite has been true. Since he became a partner and started making more money, we are both more liberal than ever. 

Sadly, I've seen that happen with a lot of people we've been friends with since college. I feel like the MORE I have, the more I realize how hard it is to raise a family in this country for people who have  much, much, much less than we do. It actually makes me more compassionate I think.  

To answer the question - DH and I are both pretty liberal. I can't think of a political issue that we disagree on. 

missjake

Yes, we both hang out on the right.

TexasSmith

Red_Dahlia:

rayskit10:

Yes, we are on the same page. It is pretty important to me, but I couldn't say if it would have been a deal breaker the other way. I get more emotional about some things but he is very well read and very informed. We make a great debate team!

He is in a profession where most of his work colleagues are conservative, mostly for personal financial reasons. When he was a young associate, a partner said to us "You wait. When you make more money, you'll want to keep more of it and you'll start to vote the other way." In fact, the opposite has been true. Since he became a partner and started making more money, we are both more liberal than ever. 

Sadly, I've seen that happen with a lot of people we've been friends with since college. I feel like the MORE I have, the more I realize how hard it is to raise a family in this country for people who have  much, much, much less than we do. It actually makes me more compassionate I think.  

Not to turn this in to a debate...but this makes it seem like you think people on the right are less compassionate than people on the left. This is not true...conservatives would just rather give out of their own free will (and to whom they choose) rather than the government taking it from them and redistributing it.

rayskit10

TexasSmith:

Not to turn this in to a debate...but this makes it seem like you think people on the right are less compassionate than people on the left. This is not true...conservatives would just rather give out of their own free will (and to whom they choose) rather than the government taking it from them and redistributing it. 

That was a quote from a conservative. I didn't say it.

TexasSmith

rayskit10:

TexasSmith:

Not to turn this in to a debate...but this makes it seem like you think people on the right are less compassionate than people on the left. This is not true...conservatives would just rather give out of their own free will (and to whom they choose) rather than the government taking it from them and redistributing it. 

That was a quote from a conservative. I didn't say it.

Oh, I wasn't directing that at you.

Generally I dislike when anyone says something along the lines of "just wait until...then you'll..." Even if I agree with it. Just makes them sound know-it-all.

michellebelle

no. we agree on some things and disagree on a lot. we are both passionate about our beliefs. i hate discussing politics at home these days.

sarasparks

If you get us talking about the issues, then we are not that far apart.  I'd say we are both moderates, with him leaning a little towards the right, and me moreso to the left.  We generally avoid speaking about politics because it is so depressing right now.

Mrs.JulesH-S

Nope. He is WAY more conservative than I am though he is becoming more liberal as the years go by. 

Kimmer123

We're pretty close. I'm a little more liberal when it comes to social issues than he is. But neither of us are very political, and we both HATE discussing politics.

halfpintaggie

At the national level:  We match pretty closely.  We usually don't always vote on the same candidate in primaries, but we end up voting for the same candidates in the actual election, usually a mix of Republican & Libertarian candidates.

At the local level:  We don't match quite as closely.  We both research the candidates thoroughly though & usually end up voting for the majority of the same candidates/issues, some years more closely than others.