Poll: Your Father's Vote

[CleverCover]

Most of the time. I usually try and gather up information about the people I'm voting for beforehand so I vote with a clear mind and the way my father and I think are so similar that it usually goes that way.

The only difference was when Obama was running against Hilary in the primaries. He voted for Hillary and voted for Obama. He didn't think NY would vote for the black guy over the ex-president's wife. I voted for who I wanted to win.

Sometimes, people surprise you.

 

[Tanis]

Nope.
I don't vote via 'party'.

I vote via 'who seems to agree with me more/gonna go the better job'.

Most of the time this means I don't vote at all.

 

[babinro]

No.

My family encourages voting for what you want based on the issues. There are certainly times where my vote has matched my dad's though.

 

[teqrevisited]

No idea. I don't take voting seriously anyway. One group of liars against another is the only truth in politics.

 

[Jodah]

Kinda. I am registered Republican, which is what my dad votes, but I tend to lean more Libertarian (Ron Paul Libertarian not whatever the fuck Glenn Beck is.)

 

[DanielDeFig]

Yes, because we vote based on our moral/political views, which are very similar, since I got them from my parents.

I've only voted twice though. Once, for EU seats, and again for the Swedish Elections.

 

[The Keeper]

The thing about my father is that he always votes for democratic politicians, even if he doesn't know what they stand for. Also, his liberal views usually only apply to financial issues. In terms of social issues, I'm the most liberal in my house.

 

[Wekub]

In...
...Norwegian politics: Probably not, but then again I'm not the most up-to-date when it comes to politics, I'm afraid, so I'm hardly sure about my own votes there.
...American politics (both US citizens too): Aye, I'd expect so. The options are fairly limited.

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Anyone who puts their vote in the same political party solely because their parent(s) or any other authority figure voted for him/her without any regard to the actual politics and stances of the candidates is the most perfect and thorough example of a tool, incapable of independent thought or reason, useful only as an extension of someone else's identity.

I doubt he/she meant "do you vote for X 'cause your father does?". 'Twas "do your votes happen to go to the same candidate(s)?" And it's possible to agree with your father without choosing whatever he does.

 

[Warforger]

Hmm well I don't know my father too well like that since my parents divorced, he was never a very political guy to be honest.

I will vote if a candidate comes by that is 75-85% peddling what will help the country and isn't a lying, shit-slinging ape only in the race for a bit of power and a fortune of tax dollars. Someone like, say, FDR. Like him or not he did wonders for America, genuinely improved it, saw it through the worst economy crash it's experienced so far, and got re-elected TWICE. I'd vote for him.

Erm he got re-elected 3 times if you don't count his first election. He was re-elected 1945 or 44 I forget which but he died shortly after. This was of course inspiration to make an amendment that puts a cap on the number of terms you can get (which to me makes no sense, since it doesn't seem to be that big of a deal).

 

[Eggsnham]

I'm actually not old enough to vote, and I try to stay out of politics, but if I were going to vote, I'd probably pick whatever I agreed most with, as opposed to what my dad picks.

Though, my dad and I seem to share similar views on a lot of political issues, so maybe we would vote the same; but not intentionally.

 

[DSK-]

I know my dad has voted at least once, when I was very very small. Since then, he hasn't voted and I have never voted since I became of age. I've always ripped up my voting card thingy.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

I don't know what party he votes for. Nor do I care. We keep our political leanings out of any conversation. For all I know the rest of my family could all vote for the BNP.

 

[TheTim]

Me and my dad share similar views, im just not quite as far right as he tends to be.

So we tend to vote on the same stuff (when i'm eligible to vote {next june})

 

[RedDeadFred]

Yes, we both want the same thing from the government so it's only natural that we would vote for the same party.

 

[Gitty101]

Generally I suppose, but not intentionally. We share similar views and usually vote for the same party, but it's down to our own beliefs.

 

[Gaiseric]

Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't.

Neither of us vote for one party. Also we don't talk politics too much so I'm not very sure how he votes nowadays other than neither of us vote for one party all the time.

 

[Nargleblarg]

My Father doesn't vote really that often and neither do I. So I guess we technically do share a party of not voting.

 

[jakeblues1295]

My dad doesn't vote so... no?

 

[Chevy235]

Yeah, our votes converge on near-rabid libertarianism. We discuss politics a lot (and respectfully disagree when we do have a disagreement) so it's to be expected. That usually means ending up voting Republican (despite their Big Government attitudes on things like social issues and *cough* homeland security), since they're the only ones who pay any lip service to things like economic liberty (which, IMHO, is more important than social liberty if only because economic liberty keeps more power in the hands of the individual), small government, and freedom of contract...even if it is just lip service most of the time .

 

[mireko]

Not really, but it is in the same area. My father used to vote for the party that is as far left as you can get in Norway without joining a revolutionary group (RV, currently Rødt), whereas I've voted for the more centrist/more likely to get elected alternative (SV).

More centrist by Norwegian standards, that is. By American standards, all our politicians are ULTRA-COMMIES.