What did your parents think of the Democrats while growing up?

[Angst]

i'm not sure how this translates into danish

 

[Chukchi Husky]

My dad had always voted for the Liberal Democrats for my entire life, but he used to vote for Labour before they turned communist, although he did say once that the best prime minister in recent history is Gordon Brown. My mum voted for the Conservatives.

I have never voted.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Which causes?

In the 1990s? Abortion, being "soft on drugs", "soft on crime", etc.

 

[Lexicus]

The poll needs an option for "Non-American and here's my opinion." Asking us to vote how it is now is pointless if our parties don't have a decent equivalent, and anyway, some of us have different political systems.

It explicitly asks how you would vote for the Democrats if you were American ("answer in the subjunctive" or w.e)

 

[Narz]

being "soft on drugs", "soft on crime", etc.

Clinton was pretty hard on drugs iirc.

I find irony that tough on drugs and tough on crime are in the same ballpark because draconian drug laws ensure lots of crime.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Clinton was pretty hard on drugs iirc.

I find irony that tough on drugs and tough on crime are in the same ballpark because draconian drug laws ensure lots of crime.

Few people have deeply considered political views. It's usually of impulse. Crime bad, fight it. Drugs bad, fight it. The law & order instinct/impulse is very strong and can often override other impulses like "People just leave other people alone" or "The government should just mind its own business", common gripes I heard growing up in my family and in others.

 

[Gorbles]

but he used to vote for Labour before they turned communist

U wot m8

(this is rhetorical, I'm not aiming this at ya <3)

 

[Valka D'Ur]

It explicitly asks how you would vote for the Democrats if you were American ("answer in the subjunctive" or w.e)

I can't answer that because I'm not American and when it comes to politics, I honestly don't understand what or how Americans think.

 

[Lexicus]

I can't answer that because I'm not American and when it comes to politics, I honestly don't understand what or how Americans think.

You'd vote Democrat if you were American, no diggity no doubt
(I know because you care about reproductive rights and are anti-sexist which are both Democrat positions)

 

[Kouvb593kdnuewnd]

There are more choices than just republicans and democrats in USA.

 

[Arwon]

It explicitly asks how you would vote for the Democrats if you were American ("answer in the subjunctive" or w.e)

I find this tricky because while it's easy to say as an external observer with the benefit of wide context, "well obviously the GOP are malevolent lunatics", if I were American I'd have a completely different upbringing and background just from marinating within the fever vision that creates and supports them.

Something stupid like two thirds of white men voted for Trump, can I be that sure that I wouldn't be sucked into the culture around me if I'd been raised in some crazy place like Arkansas?

 

[RobAnybody]

Both my parents were (well, still alive, so are) pretty staunchly Democrat, although not really hardcore or anything. And I'm the same, although I don't believe these are related because growing up I doubt I could have told you their affiliation. It was just not a subject that came up until later in life when I discovered we pretty much shared the same views. I like that they didn't try to influence me (or my brother, who is a bit to the Right of me).

It's kinda weird in that the disagreements I tend to get into on this site are with people to the Left of me, but I am a 100%, virtually straight-ticket Democrat voter..

 

[Lexicus]

There are more choices than just republicans and democrats in USA.

Not really though.

Something stupid like two thirds of white men voted for Trump, can I be that sure that I wouldn't be sucked into the culture around me if I'd been raised in some crazy place like Arkansas?

You can't be sure, but it's not like Australia or any other country is lacking in malevolent lunatics.

 

[GenMarshall]

Few people have deeply considered political views. It's usually of impulse. Crime bad, fight it. Drugs bad, fight it. The law & order instinct/impulse is very strong and can often override other impulses like "People just leave other people alone" or "The government should just mind its own business", common gripes I heard growing up in my family and in others.

This is the general thing that I have missed in the pre-2016 era (or rather pre Gamergate) where people aren’t at each other’s throats. There was much less polarization (if there was, I didint felt the brunt of it since I was a default liberal during the Bush Administration and the only push back I’ve gotten were from conservatives such as MobBoss) and the culture war didint seep into popular culture.

U wot m8

I’m adding this to the quote bin. Here’s 100 internets .

 

[W|M]

So even if you hate the democrats as many democrats do, and don't identify with the party, but you vote for them consistently over the republicans, you are pro.

As elections go, I'm mostly a straight-ticket PSOL voter (where they run candidates) and have voted PT in the second round of every Presidential election. This statement applies to both parties. My parents vote mostly the same way, and have voted for the PT since redemocratization.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

There are more choices than just republicans and democrats in USA.

Exactly. I'd have to know more about those before being able to answer this. After all, I don't vote either conservative or Liberal here, either provincially or federally.

Something stupid like two thirds of white men voted for Trump, can I be that sure that I wouldn't be sucked into the culture around me if I'd been raised in some crazy place like Arkansas?

I was raised in a crazy place that had right-wing government for 80 YEARS, before we had 4 years of the NDP, and now we're not only conservative-governed again, but it's the extra-sociopathic variety.

Yet I have not been sucked into it, not will I allow myself to be.

When you have 4-5 generations of people living - most born, raised, and died - under the same kind of government, it doesn't really expose them to the alternatives. I once asked an Eastern Canadian on another gaming forum what it was like to have a change in parties governing the province every few years. I couldn't relate to that, since at that time (2006), I'd never had that experience.

 

[lymond]

I can't answer that because I'm not American and when it comes to politics, I honestly don't understand what or how Americans think.

As an American, I honestly don’t either

Parents Dems, although my Father much more so. Mom was not particularly all that political but cared about humans and animals....and cats.

I've never voted Republican... ever. I consider myself more moderate these days just as I vehemently dislike extremist views, but yeah, ideologically, I have always been Dem. I do have great respect for those Repubs that fell on their sword fighting against the disaster that is Trumpism. The Republican party though is an absolute huge mess.

This is my down-and-dirty, quick definition of Repubs and Dems:
Repubs = Love money, guns and hate big government
Dems = Love people and the world and big government

 

[Zardnaar]

As an American, I honestly don’t either

I watched a video on Appalachia and understood why they voted Trump and even the wife did. Don't agree with them but at least xan agree why they did.

Most of everything else not so much.

 

[lymond]

I watched a video on Appalachia and understood why they voted Trump and even the wife did. Don't agree with them but at least xan agree why they did.

Most of everything else not so much.

Yep, Appalachia, specifically areas of West Virginia, Kentucky, and a small bit of Virginia (where i actually went to college) is one of the poorest regions in the US. The irony is that Trump does not remotely care about these people....or anyone for that matter.

 

[Zardnaar]

Yep, Appalachia, specifically areas of West Virginia, Kentucky, and a small bit of Virginia (where i actually went to college) is one of the poorest regions in the US. The irony is that Trump does not remotely care about these people....or anyone for that matter.

Would live to visit that area.