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Do you vote like your parents?
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Biblioklept
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@woodbine's poll made me wonder how many of us vote in a similar way to our parents.
It was drummed into me from a very young age that I should vote a certain way and anything else was stupid and wrong. And it took me a long time to really start exploring and researching for myself rather than following what I'd been told and taught. The more I read the more I realised it didn't align with my own beliefs but if I hadn't taken those first steps, I'd probably still be voting the same as my parents just because I figured it was right thing to do.
Do you or did you vote the same way as your parents?
It was drummed into me from a very young age that I should vote a certain way and anything else was stupid and wrong. And it took me a long time to really start exploring and researching for myself rather than following what I'd been told and taught. The more I read the more I realised it didn't align with my own beliefs but if I hadn't taken those first steps, I'd probably still be voting the same as my parents just because I figured it was right thing to do.
Do you or did you vote the same way as your parents?
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I was always encouraged to have my own beliefs and opinions. It's fine not to agree and friendly, civil debate is encouraged. Despite that I still do share a lot of views.
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I voted the same as my parents for the same reasons until I grew up and started to take a real interest in the weekly politics. For many years I wasn’t really interested in politics at all but I eventually realised that our lives are very much affected by its machinations, as recent events have shown. ☹️
“This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.”
― Dalai Lama XIV -
My dad was a socialist and voted Labour, my mum voted Labour so she didn't cancel out his vote (if that makes sense?) Like many young people I started life as a Liberal but by my late 20's had become a Labour voting socialist and have remained so all my life and have been a party member since 1980's.2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡
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I don't think I do, as politics were never a topic I heard about growing up. Except the thatcher years, as the minors near us were striking etc.
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You will no doubt all shout at me but I haven't voted for years now
I know people fought hard for the right for women to vote and appreciate their efforts
I don't vote because I don't think any of them are capable of doing what is best for the common people because they don't live in our sort of lifestyle -
janer1967 said:You will no doubt all shout at me but I haven't voted for years now
I know people fought hard for the right for women to vote and appreciate their efforts
I don't vote because I don't think any of them are capable of doing what is best for the common people because they don't live in our sort of lifestyle
I sometimes don't vote myself but for different reasons.
I don't consider myself educated enough to make a sensible informed decision so often think my vote is better off remaining "neutral" if that makes sense?
That said, sometimes, I think that a lot of the population are in the same position, if not worse, i.e. less educated than me, and think if I don't vote it's a waste, so I do vote.
I hope this makes sense!! -
Politics was a subject discussed often in our family growing up, my children are also very politically savvy. Sometimes I vote the same as my parents did and sometimes I don’t, I also tend to vote differently in a local election than I do in a general. I do my own research on the politicians and their policies before I vote and haven’t read a newspaper in over 20 years.
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