Have you always been for the Party or wing of politics you support now?
Or did something change about you or them to change your mind?
2008-10-02T11:16:04Z
To be fair, my answer.
I was raised in a small Bible belt conservative farming community, the teachers in 1960-70s were kind of liberal as was my mother. I spent more time around them than I did with my conservative father. So I started out more Left leaning.
Then I started College and started getting more conservative. Then I started working and went full tilt conservative when I saw my tax money being wasted by 50 years of Democrats running the house and senate.
I voted my first time for Perot as more of a protest to the existing system of Government. What I got as a result was Bill Clinton, which was the worst of the Three. Lesson learned. I vote Republican nearly with everything, but I think more about what they do then what they say. I want listeners not talkers running MY country. But we have debates not listening contests to choose.
Interesting that voting for Perot, a vote I regret today, is what put me where I feel I belong.
Anonymous2008-10-02T10:48:23Z
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i was a long time democrat.i have 30 years in a union. the democrat party moved so far left i can't see them from where I'm standing.i haven't moved...i was running for office years ago. the Dem's basically refused to support me over gun control laws i said were unconstitutional...20 years later the supreme court agrees. the republicans . supported me and i did not have to change my views to comply with the party line. PS i did not win as a republican. but i do have a good in-site into both political machines. i have done the TV and radio debates. my most memorable was against Diane Feinstin. on PBS. i was so proud. I was well prepared ,and beat her like a rented mule. i caught her in major lies live on the air. we left the studio with high fives and cheers. the next day the news had twisted everything that happened. i have not bought a news paper since that day. she went to Washington..i went into a bar, then depression.
No - I've always been a bit of a centrist, and vote for the specific person I think will do the least harm to the county. In 2004, I voted for probably 60% Dems and 40% GOP on my state's ballot.
It's funny, though - from 1910-1970, the Dems were mostly the socially conservative, even racist members that controlled the South, and Republicans were fiscally conservative. Now the Dems are led by socially left-wing ideologists who try to advance the causes of minorities, poor, and gays, while Republicans have controlled the most fiscally irresponsible period of government in the last 100 years (1998-2006). So the parties have switched quite a bit, too.
Your story is almost identical to mine except for the Perot vote. My time of epiphany came during the Reagan election when I was in college.Then came all the conflicts of the 80's & I remained conservative through the whole change. I am still conservative today. But, I was a liberal & just as full of piss & vinegar like the ones today . I'm glad I saw the light & stopped battling windmills.
Yes, I was a Republican until about 1992. I was frustrated that the Christian right was taking over the party, so I became an Independent. I voted for Perot twice, then Gore and Kerry, and now Obama. I live in Arizona (McCain country), and it is very conservative here, so I tend to lean left and usually vote Democratic, but still vote for Republicans for some local offices.
I am a Dem but voted for Bush in 2000 I voted for Kerry in 2004
I waxn't going to vote at all this time but I listened to the DNC and something Obama said made me change my mind and vote. I listened to the DNC and kind of liked what I heard I then watched the RNC I hadn't made up my mind fully I didn't like what I heard and saw I checked both candidates websites and read up on their stands. I came on yahoo to get other peoples take Seemed to me the most hateful people where the Reps So I decided to go Dem For the first time in my life I have gotten actively involved in an election I have helped over 500 people register and donated money and made calls. In the future I will also work to help support the ones I want to get in