dhinojosa
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Tue Jul-19-05 03:47 PM
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Poll question: What percentage of your family is republican? |
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Edited on Tue Jul-19-05 03:47 PM by dhinojosa
Guess, estimate, or calculate.....What percentage of your immediate family is republican?
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Tue Jul-19-05 03:49 PM
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1. Depends on the definition of "immediate" |
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If step-relatives count it's about 50%, otherwise less.
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dhinojosa
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Tue Jul-19-05 03:50 PM
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3. To each their own on this one. |
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:/ Families are complicated things
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Tue Jul-19-05 03:50 PM
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2. I'd say most and the rest are apolitical |
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I can only think of 3 people other than myself who voted for Kerry. My mom and my 2 aunts but other than voting they are pretty non-political people who just happen to lean left. Other than that, I'd say they are all Republicans
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dhinojosa
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Tue Jul-19-05 03:51 PM
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4. Wow, interesting. :) nt |
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Tue Jul-19-05 03:54 PM
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6. I just don't discuss politics with them anymore |
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Like my mother always said, never argue with an idiot because all they do is drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. The same goes for my own flesh and blood, I just don't have the strength to do it anymore
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Tue Jul-19-05 03:51 PM
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Tue Jul-19-05 03:55 PM
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Hubby's is mostly rep. We have very little do with them.
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Tue Jul-19-05 03:57 PM
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My Father is a Liberal.
My Mother is a Liberal Republican (I wished there were more of those).
My Brother is a Liberal.
My Paternal Grandmother is a Registered Republican but keeps mementos from Clinton's Inauguration.
I don't know what my Maternal Grandparents are.
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Tue Jul-19-05 04:10 PM
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13. Of those who actually vote... |
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Edited on Tue Jul-19-05 04:11 PM by Innoma
...the vast majority in my family is republican, or at least right-leaning (but a goodly number of them are essentially apolitical and never really bother to vote).
My brother and myself are vehemently liberal, and the only real reason I can see that this might be so is we're both college educated and have travelled to other cultures. No one in our family is what I'd call fanatic religious types, so I can rule that out as a basis for their republican tendencies.
My friends tend to be mostly apolitical, but equally republican and democrat otherwise. What I found interesting were the attitudes of my RW friends and family. I had managed to convince my mom - an apolitical type - that she needed to vote Kerry. I found out later my dad had expressively forbidden her to vote. I had also been having discussions with one of my married friends and offered her free tickets to Moore's F911 film, but again, the husband absolutely forbid her to see it. In both cases, a chilling indictment or republican closemindedness.
On edit: meant to be a general reply rather than one specific to the post above.
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Tue Jul-19-05 04:00 PM
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9. Zero! I'm from a long line of blue collar union workers and descendants |
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of immigrants from Ireland and Sicily. FDR and JFK dems.
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Tue Jul-19-05 04:00 PM
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10. I voted "Most of My Family is Republican" |
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But that's only if you count my extended family in Jesusland (a.k.a. South Carolina). Those of us who escaped are 100% Democrat.
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Tue Jul-19-05 04:03 PM
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11. ALL of my family is working class but |
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my siblings are Republican because of the abortion issue. They are pretty much one issue voters and are willing to vote against their class interests because they worship fetii.
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Tue Jul-19-05 05:04 PM
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What if you ever asked, "Are you aware that if safe abortions are made illegal you are possibly terminating the lives of not only the fetus but the mother too?"
Or would that open up a pandora's box?
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Wed Jul-20-05 03:22 PM
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19. A HUGE pandora's box that would open! |
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I steer clear of that conversation with my sisters. OMG! Two of my sisters sort of forced their kids to marry someone because one got a girl pregnant and the other had a daughter get pregnant.
There was no other choice offered.
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Tue Jul-19-05 05:06 PM
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15. Is this a trick question? |
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Tue Jul-19-05 05:14 PM
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16. Even my gun totin', ex NRA uncle in Idaho is 100% yellow dog Dem.nt |
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Tue Jul-19-05 05:15 PM
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Most of my family doesn't even bother to register to vote
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Tue Jul-19-05 05:17 PM
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18. Zero after Dubya was nominated |
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After the Repubs nominated Dubya, my father realized the Republican party was nothing but a bunch of idiotic ideologues.
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Wed Jul-20-05 03:30 PM
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20. My immediate family, 0; my extended family is another story... |
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Lots of Kool-Aid lovers on my dad's side, none of whom are willing offer up their kids for junior's war on terra.
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