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politics poll: are you and your family on the same page?
Everyone (literally everyone) on my mom's side of the family is uber-right wing, to the extent that I really can't overemphasize just how conservative they are.
Me, on the other hand...not so much. I'm kind of the political black sheep of the group (and a baby-murdering, liberties-stealing heathen who voted for *gasp* Obama!) - I love my family, but we are on VERY different pages politically speaking.
I often get political emails from them that are sent out to everyone in the family...usually I just roll my eyes and delete them, but today I got this one, and I couldn't help but gently reply (with a link to the Snopes article) that it's fairly inaccurate and has been doing the email rounds since before Rudd was even Prime Minister here. Which will probably get me blacklisted for a month, but oh well lol. Anyway, that's kind of off topic from what I'm curious about, which is...
Re: politics poll: are you and your family on the same page?
I picked the "special little snowflake" option because it depends on which family you are talking about. My side of the family, the one I grew up with, we are all on the same page - for the most part. I'm neither uber right wing or uber left wing. Being in the military, some of my views fall more on the right side. However, I have many liberal views as well and voted for Obama (not just cause he's from my home state and likes to vacation in my hometown
).
DH is also mixed in his political views but he is more right than left (whereas I think I am slightly more left than right). He also refuses to vote - ever - and I vote every single election I can. DH's immediate family is very much on the right side of things.
May I ask why this is? I know one person who won't vote in any elections because they maintain that the entire system is corrupt and rigged (he's kind of a conspiracy theorist though lol), but I think everyone else that I know who doesn't vote just "didn't get around to it" vs taking an actual no-vote stance.
We don't have a two party system up here - though I'd say we only have two real contenders for government majority. Even our conservative party is much more left than the US one is. My brother once voted for the communist party just for kicks!
Add-on: Geez, I typed the above while getting off the bus, so I don't think I'm really clear. I think my family works more on a spectrum because we have so many more political options.
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This is basically the reason... not so much on the conspiracy theory side but he just thinks the system is corrupt and hates the electoral college, etc. He does not believe his vote counts so he says he won't vote.
I'm definitely more of the black of sheep of my conservative family, although there are several members who aren't very political at all (like my mother). Mostly, my family members are gun-toting republicans from the northwoods of WI. I'm considered the bleeding heart of the fam, being a teacher in a low-income area with several gay friends, who didn't get married until 32 (unheard of where I'm from....most girls are married by 22) and moved to the big city. So, I'm seen as the liberal feminist of the family. Mostly, though, we don''t talk a lot of politics, so it doesn't get in the way tooooo much!
I fit in much better (politically) with my ILs!
I think we are all the same both on my side and DH's side. My family pays special attention to Native rights and that almost always falls towards the left. DH's family is from one of the few democratic counties in Indiana and his granddad was in state politics for some years and is still very active in the local democratic party.
My (step) dad didn't vote (ever) until the last presidential election and hasn't missed one since - he even got upset at me for not sending in my school levy ballot a couple of months ago. He went to fight in Vietnam before he was allowed to vote and I think he was a little upset with the gov't ever since but recently had renewed faith after watching my sister get so excited to vote in her first presidential election.
my family is pretty mixed, though we're easy to categorize: my parents, aunts, etc - one way. me, cousins, 1 uncle - another way.
my mom once forwarded a LONG email with a zillion pictures of cindy mccain and how she'd be a "truly talented first lady". that sparked some pretty hilarious comments from my cousins. it's usually all in good spirit though.
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This is how it is in Australia too. I have trouble explaining it to my mom, because neither of the major parties here really align with the ones in the USA - really, they're both probably more similar to Democrat than Republican though, and she doesn't get that. I think it's because in the USA, a political party like the Republicans also has strong religious ties (a lot of platform issues are considered moral/ethical ones like abortion or prayer in school or whatever), whereas here the sides are more about opposing policy issues...it's hard to explain what I mean, so I REALLY hope that makes sense!
Also, Lori - LMAO at this:
OMG I think I'd have passed out from laughing! Although I voted for Obama, I never thought McCain was a bad man...actually, I think he's could have been a good alternative to Bush, 9 years ago. Palin, on the other hand, would NEVER have been a good VP...I just do not understand how anyone, regardless of their political views, could take her seriously.
Some of the FB pages our SIL has become a fan of:
Sarah Palin
You Can Stop Obamacare
Glenn Beck
I hate it when I wake up in the morning and Barack Obama is President
Yeah.....we're not on the same page at all.