Do you vote the same way as your parents?

[red crayon]

the general convention is that we tend to vote the same way as our parents. is this true for you?

i vote the opposite way to my dad which makes for interesting conversations. my mum is your classic swinging voter and my brother...i'm not even sure he's enrolled to vote!

[mysonroger]

i vote differently to my parents. their financial situation is vastly different to ours and the times have changed dramatically. what was relevant to them is completely different to us. my parents never discuss who they vote for, but i know who it is, and its not the right party for me.

[Bron]

Yes, I pretty much do - our preferences certainly end up in the same place anyway, it's just a question of whether we put Greens or Labor as number 1 on our ballot.

DH, on the other hand, votes the same way I do, and therefore votes the opposite way to his parents. It does make for interesting dinner party conversations.

[Noah_and_Elijah]

It's interesting that you say that because my Dad and I have always seen eye to eye and we are both Labor supporters.

My Mum and I however are forever arguing and can never agree on anything and she is a Liberal supporter. :p

[Ana Gram]

I actually have no idea who my parents vote for. We have never discussed it.

[Roopee]

I vote the same as my mother and grandmother.
Wouldn't know how my father votes or if he even does.

My Dh and i vote the same as we have the same views BUT his parents are swinging voters.

[forbetoel]

I do vote the same as my parents and I think it is only natural as they were the ones that raised me with the values I hold high today, like a fair go for everyone, taking care of our planet, not to live a life of greed(you can't take it with you when you are gone) and the Labor party meets most of those needs, and the liberal party pretty much represents what I hate in society.:)

[Phyllis Stein]

My parents have always been a bit to the left, but they actually only started voting Green after I did, not the other way around.

[forbetoel]

My parents have always been a bit to the left, but they actually only started voting Green after I did, not the other way around.

See, kids can educate their parents.:) Looking forward to seeing what mine teach me:)

[LilShenanigans]

I think I do?
Whenever I used to ask my parents who they voted for they'd sternly say "It's a secret ballot, we can't tell you!" scared the .. heebies out of me lol

But from what they've been through (their both nurses) and to little clues here and there, I think we all vote the same party actually.
My sister swings, but she doesnt go that far - say.. Greens only :rolleyes:

[SassyMummy]

I think my mother is voting Labor this year, but when we were kids, neither of my parents would ever tell us who they were voting for... so I don't know if they're swing voters, or if they're loyal to a particular party or anything like that...

My brother doesn't vote, because he's lazy and hasn't enrolled.

[Tam-I-Am]

Mum and Dad are small business owners who tend to vote liberal, although at the last election I believe at least mum voted for Labor, but I'm honestly not sure.

I vote Greens/Labor at various times...I swing far more to the left than them, although their ideas and stance in life is very left-oriented, they sometimes need the things that come with having the right-wing in power, unfortunately.

SO the long and short of it is - I don't know :p :laughing: but I don't think so.

[MammaMia]

I vote the same way as my parents do.

My DH votes the same way that I do (I don't think we'd experience sympatico in the relationship otherwise) but that means he votes differently (in stark opposition) to his parents.

I don't think they quite understand us...but then again, we don't always understand their rationale either.

We don't tend to speak of it.

[spoon]

Yes, I pretty much do - our preferences certainly end up in the same place anyway, it's just a question of whether we put Greens or Labor as number 1 on our ballot.

DH, on the other hand, votes the same way I do, and therefore votes the opposite way to his parents. It does make for interesting dinner party conversations.

Ditto Bron!:laughing:

[Ashleigh<3]

I was raised in a household that kept who they voted for private.

While I am very open to household political discussions, my parents would be voting differently, my Mum is currently awaiting her granted citizenship which won't approve till Australia day.

My Dad voted liberal last time after Keating which he supported all up until now, He seems to fancy the pants of Krudd so he will be voting for him.

He knows I support liberal yet we still manage to share our views without a homer vs bart strangle fight.
In laws support liberal.

[Hollywood]

I actually have no idea who my parents vote for. We have never discussed it.

Ditto here :thumbsup:

[reAllytee]

Im not sure of who my Dad ever voted for because he always kept it private & never seemed to like either side when it came election time lol.

My Mum has always been a Liberal supporter but im sure she has swung at times but again like my Dad did she always keeps her votes private.

Me i swing depending on whats going on etc. When it comes to Federal i do believe i have voted Liberal more than Labor. When it comes to State im always caught because i cant stand Labor in NSW so want to vote Liberal. I cant though because the person standing for the Libs in all the electorates ive lived in tends to be wanting to approve some monstrosity or the likes in the neighbourhood.

[~Emmylou~]

No way :no:

My parents are hardcore liberal voters. How embarrassing :laughing:

Makes for interesting discussion after a few wines though LOL.

[vanillabean]

I do and DH and I vote the same way too! I would never tell my Dad if I didn't vote the same way as him!!

[mumzdaword]

nope ive always voted the opposite...

don't know this year though...i'll find out after voting.....

[ziggie]

At the risk of sounding highly uneducated - Yes, I DID vote the same as my parents... Before I met DH that is. Now I vote the same as him.

I don't have any interest (or knowledge :o ) when it comes to politics, so decided that going with my parents/Damien's opinions on who to vote for is the best thing I can do. I trust their judgement, and would hate for my vote to be wasted, just because I'm ignorant!

[SorenLorensen]

no idea.
i have never asked them who they vote for and they have never asked me

[Scout]

GOD NO! :eek:

I just had a political discussion with my father and he threatened to disown me.

[~Emmylou~]

GOD NO! :eek:

I just had a political discussion with my father and he threatened to disown me.

LOL Scout sounds like what happens at my house lately :o

[~Bec~]

Absolutely positively NO!!!!
I believe they used to be members of the Lib party. I would rather poke myself in the eye with a rusty fork than vote Liberal.

[pinkpirate]

My parents don't even tell each other who they vote for! They say it is "the one secret" in their marriage.

[canberramomma]

Good LORD, no!! I vote for me.

My DH also votes the way I tell him, or he gets no joy!!!

[forbetoel]

Absolutely positively NO!!!!
I believe they used to be members of the Lib party. I would rather poke myself in the eye with a rusty fork than vote Liberal.

:laughing: :thumbsup: :yes: :laughing:

[forbetoel]

Good LORD, no!! I vote for me.

My DH also votes the way I tell him, or he gets no joy!!!

:laughing: You have seriously been cracking me up lately! :laughing:

[SassyMummy]

I actually asked my mother just so I could reply to this thread.

Apparently, she votes labor most years...:thumbsup: Good on her, I'm quite pleased.

I asked about Dad (who she divorced when I was about 14), and she said she had no idea... he would never say.

I don't really understand the secrecy really... but perhaps it's because I love to share (and even over-share...lol...I would share far TMI if we were allowed to here on BH!). :laughing:

But yeah, I vote the same as my mother... but only just found that out...

[RedPanda]

Not sure. My parents changed their views from election to election, depending on the issues. I think I have inherited that. I don't profess my lifelong undying support for a party ever. I tend to think about things affecting the country at the time. I don't vote A or B just because it's tradition or habit.

I also have times where I get so cynical about the whole thing, and so sick of the election time negativity that I want to just draw a big smiley face on my ballot paper!

[Ashleigh<3]

I asked DF who he would be voting for, funny because I've spent more time online discussing this upcoming election then with him. Oops!

He said he admirers Krudd for certain benefits, but he will be voting liberal purely for financial/property developing reasons.

He also likes the first time home buyers grant and is afraid we'll lose it.

[reAllytee]

I also have times where I get so cynical about the whole thing, and so sick of the election time negativity that I want to just draw a big smiley face on my ballot paper!

Thats how i felt the last time & am feeling it again.

Honestly i wish there was a middle ground cause it would make things so much easier !

[Ashleigh<3]

Thats how i felt the last time & am feeling it again.

Honestly i wish there was a middle ground cause it would make things so much easier !


This will only be my second time voting, I'm already feeling the stress and I know when I walk into the local primary school and they start shoving labor, liberal, greens, votes in my face, I'll want to shove them back and get in and out.

I've always wondered if they worry about how much paper their wasting with flyers.

[Ana Gram]

I've always wondered if they worry about how much paper their wasting with flyers.

They don't usually bother me much. I did ask once if it was recycled paper, but they didn't know :laughing:

[Ashleigh<3]

They don't usually bother me much. I did ask once if it was recycled paper, but they didn't know :laughing:

Wonder if that was the greens you asked. :laughing:
Excellent recruiting!:p

[SorenLorensen]

I've always wondered if they worry about how much paper their wasting with flyers.
living where we live i know how much is wasted at just 1 voting place.
its stupid, the rubbish just ends up everywhere becuase the bins cant handle it all
we end up with it all through our yard

maybe this year i should collect it and post it back to the rightful party :devil6: :p

[Ashleigh<3]

living where we live i know how much is wasted at just 1 voting place.
its stupid, the rubbish just ends up everywhere becuase the bins cant handle it all
we end up with it all through our yard

maybe this year i should collect it and post it back to the rightful party :devil6: :p

LOL

Well aren't you a good citizen, do it!
Last year I just accepted the papers as they were handed, when I walked out I went back to each party and gave them their own papers back, so I guess you could say I was one of the electoral secretaries of the day!
:p

[Odessa]

I had no idea who my father voted for growing up, my mother isn't a citizen so doesn't vote. Only after I started voting did I find out the old man's a Labor voter from way back :) Not surprising, he reckoned Hawke and Keating were top blokes!

I have family that vote Lib (mostly much older relatives) and we simply do not see eye to eye on issues of politics so we've found it's best not to discuss them!

[forbetoel]

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I have family that vote Lib (mostly much older relatives) and we simply do not see eye to eye on issues of politics so we've found it's best not to discuss them!

It was like that with my FIL, he is nearly 60 and has always been a liberal voter, but this election he is voting Labor for the first time ever!:yelclap: :smiliedance: He says the Liberal IR laws are unAustralian, and he wants to see the Liberals suffer a massive defeat....you have no idea what a turn around this is, I was grinning from ear to ear when he told me.:D

[Angelmist♥]

No way! My father is a staunch labor supporter and used to try and bully my mother into voting the same as him (she never did though, clever lady huh;)).

[sockstealingpoltergeist]

My parents vote labor thank god!!! and my MIL votes Liberals. Thank god my husband is a huge labor and union supporter or I wouldn't have married him it is just ssoooooo important to me. I want our children to understand the need for an equatable society where we all take care of each other. Not a he who dies with the most wins society!

[Lastcenturymum]

I doubt it. They only look at who will do the most for pensioners!:laughing:

[sockstealingpoltergeist]

I doubt it. They only look at who will do the most for pensioners!:laughing:

???????????? How so?

[Odessa]

I doubt it. They only look at who will do the most for pensioners!:laughing:

Sounds like my grandmother. She loves the pensioner bribes, they're a surety every election! :laughing: