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NurseJackie

(42,862 posts) Tue Aug 24, 2021, 05:54 PM Aug 2021

Were your parents (or guardians) Democrats? [View all]

Last edited Tue Aug 24, 2021, 07:08 PM - Edit history (1)

DISCUSSION: Did you grow up in a politically aware house? Did their beliefs influence your early political beliefs?

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	Yes... my parents/guardians were Democrats.
	28 (40%)
	No... they were Republicans.
	27 (39%)
	No... they were Socialists.
	1 (1%)
	No... they were Communists.
	0 (0%)
	No... it was a "mixed marriage" (conservative & liberal)
	8 (11%)
	No... they weren't politically aware.
	1 (1%)
	No... they didn't even vote.
	0 (0%)
	Other.
	5 (7%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Were your parents (or guardians) Democrats? [View all] NurseJackie Aug 2021 OP

My parents live in a GOP town, they've always been registered GOP Johonny Aug 2021 #1

Yes, very politically aware relayerbob Aug 2021 #2

Yes. Alabama. House of Roberts Aug 2021 #3

Dad tricked Mom into marrying him by saying he supported Stevenson. no_hypocrisy Aug 2021 #4

Pretty sure my Mom was a "closeted Democrat" at least at the polls behind the curtain. hlthe2b Aug 2021 #5

My parents were Republicans early in life and into middle age... CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2021 #6

Same with me ... when they were younger they were Republicans because their perception was Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2021 #22

They were Republicans - and I don't understand it....... MyOwnPeace Aug 2021 #7

My father was purple. These days, they would be Tetrachloride Aug 2021 #8

Basically both were Democrats. My mother voted for Tom Dewey Tomconroy Aug 2021 #9

I put other because they'd go back and forth from Kennedy to Nixon to Carter to JoanofArgh Aug 2021 #10

My parents were Eisenhower Republicans. rsdsharp Aug 2021 #11

My parents definitely had liberal views and values.. luvs2sing Aug 2021 #12

My father told my mother that if she voted Democratic Harker Aug 2021 #13

Mine were Republicans Deuxcents Aug 2021 #14

My parents were Democrats but actually conservatives csziggy Aug 2021 #15

Don't really know. Dad was hen-pecked and per her: Backseat Driver Aug 2021 #16

Portraits of Franklin Roosevelt & John Kennedy hung on a wall dmr Aug 2021 #17

My parents were Kennedy Democrats mcar Aug 2021 #18

"Democrats" had a whole nother meaning in Mississippi in the 60s. nolabear Aug 2021 #19

My mother was an FDR Democrat nevergiveup Aug 2021 #20

mixed marriage ananda Aug 2021 #21

Communists, for awhile. My parents were first gen Americans, born 1919 & 1922. Martin Eden Aug 2021 #23

What a great family story, Martin Hekate Aug 2021 #31

+1 My parents and grandparents were Canadian socialists - CCF/NDP Another Jackalope Aug 2021 #43

My dad, like his father and his grandfather before him drmeow Aug 2021 #24

My parents were Eisenhower republicans, frogmarch Aug 2021 #25

Greens. Well, Dad went Young Repub to Indy to Green. GPV Aug 2021 #26

Both were Rs but Cairycat Aug 2021 #27

Both of my parents bdamomma Aug 2021 #28

Hard to know about my dad, but my mother's experiences & ethos shaped me profoundly... Hekate Aug 2021 #29

My mom was definitely a liberal MissMillie Aug 2021 #30

Latvian immigrants. Republican because of Yalta. tavernier Aug 2021 #32

We were "Connecticut " republicans Girl powers Aug 2021 #33

My parents never discussed politics with me. marie999 Aug 2021 #34

In my father's "box-o-stuff" that he kept on his dresser... NurseJackie Aug 2021 #35

Great Depression FDR Democrats. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2021 #36

My mom grew up in a R home. Niagara Aug 2021 #37

My parents were Democrats. I was the closest to Republican in the family 😂 In It to Win It Aug 2021 #38

My mother is an unreconstructed Kennedy-style liberal. Aristus Aug 2021 #39

Dad is a UAW Dem Johnny2X2X Aug 2021 #40

Democrats when we moved to this country in 1957, but DavidDvorkin Aug 2021 #41

My Dad was a liberal Republican who actually voted for Bill Clinton and changed his party Demsrule86 Aug 2021 #42

I came of age when there was no moonscape Aug 2021 #44

Mixed Mad_Machine76 Aug 2021 #45

Yes. Most my family are Democrats. Drunken Irishman Aug 2021 #46

My mother was a Democrat until Reagan Polybius Aug 2021 #47