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Are You the Same Partisanship/ideology as Your Parents?

Are You the Same Partisanship/ideology as Your Parents?


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In many of my political science classes we talk about how people choose their partisanship/ideology. One of the main ways people socially become their political partisanship/ideology is because of their parents and share the same partisanship/ideology.
So my question to you is: "Are You the Same Partisanship/ideology as Your Parents?"
 
Ill start.
I am not. I was raised in a very conservative household. My father was a conservative and so was my mother. I became a left winger during the Iraq war and this is when i started getting into politics. I questioned the war once i was around 13. Three things had a huge influence on my life and political leaning; music, documentaries, and my uncle. The band Rage Against the Machine introduced me into a whole new political world and had a huge impact on me getting into politics and another view of the world. Documentaries had a huge effect on me also. My uncle on my moms side he is a political science teacher at Georgia and he introduced me to also a new view on the world and more political ideals.
 
My parents are the stereotypical bible belt conservatives. We can agree pretty much on economics, but when it comes to social issues like equal rights and things that jesus doesn't agree with, they're big ol' statists.

So I would say we're quite different, especially in the way we look at things.
 
In many of my political science classes we talk about how people choose their partisanship/ideology. One of the main ways people socially become their political partisanship/ideology is because of their parents and share the same partisanship/ideology.
So my question to you is: "Are You the Same Partisanship/ideology as Your Parents?"

Nope. Neither of my parents are politically active, but my Dad is generally a liberal and my Mom is Conservative across the board. My positions don't fit in with either. I've never even really talked to them about politics, so it makes sense that they didn't influence my beliefs much.
 
I have a feeling the results of this poll won't be indicative of society at large. I think people who participate on DP put more thought and consideration into their political beliefs than the average person, who may very well just adopt what their parents happen to believe without a second thought.
 
Lets just say my dad thinks Libertarians are insane, stubborn, and selfish.
 
I'm pretty similar to my parents politically. However, I wouldn't say that we're identical.

My father has a tendency to harbor some vaguely goofy and borderline psychopathic ideas regarding religious identity and nationalism. For instance, he is adamant in the view that there can be no such thing as a "moderate muslim," and that Muslim citizens in Western nations should always be regarded as potential subversives and terrorists. He has even (half-jokingly) suggested that the "neutron bomb" would be an excellent solution to all of our current problems in the Middle East on several occasions.

While I would certainly agree that Islam holds certain beliefs which are pretty much always going to be at odds with modern cultural values, I simply can't agree with such a hardline xenophobic view. You could make many of the same arguments with regards to Christianity, but I don't think that any sane person would argue that Christians need to be outright nuked off of the face of the planet in the name of the "greater good."

My father is a fairly calm and rational guy regarding most other issues, so I've always found this particular aspect of his ideology to be somewhat disturbing.

My mother, on the other hand, is a former Southern Baptist who converted to Catholicism when she married my father. She still carries around some vestigal remnants of her former religion in her personal belief system.

She hates drinking and smoking of any kind with a passion. Furthermore, while she isn't a full blown creationist, she is extremely uncomfortable with the idea of evolution.

I'm not uncomfortable reconciling evolution with my Christian beliefs in the slightest. I'm also in the military, so you'd better believe that I've partaken in more than my fair share of debauchery.

She actually lectures me about how I'm well on my way to becoming an "alcoholic" any and every time I spend a night out on the town. :lol:
 
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My patents were far right wing conservatives and fundamentalist Christian. I was both but over the last couple decades I am much more liberal in both areas.
 
We're somewhat the same.

My parents went from serious Republicans to Independents over the years. I'm not sure how they feel about Evolution as a whole, though the idea of teaching Creationism in science classes is a bad joke to them (it is, anyway). My mother's about given up all hope on taking the Republican party seriously these days, and on another note, she has a serious dislike for Ron Paul.:lol:

We have some things in common, so I voted yes.
 
My parents didn't talk politics a lot so honestly I don't know.
 
Yes, my wife, my mother and my in-laws are conservative, even with my wife's family being from overseas. Religious and political views matching were things I looked for in a lady, one reason I didn't marry until my 30's. The liberal bug was contagious in college, but I have a good immune system.
 
In many of my political science classes we talk about how people choose their partisanship/ideology. One of the main ways people socially become their political partisanship/ideology is because of their parents and share the same partisanship/ideology.
So my question to you is: "Are You the Same Partisanship/ideology as Your Parents?"

My parents weren't the slightest bit political and I don't remember any discussions/debates related to public policy issues at home. They spent too much time just trying to feed, house, and raise my three older brothers and I.

It may sound odd, but I first got interested in politics in high school during the Nixon impeachment proceedings and I was the only one in my classes, including the teachers, who spent any time defending the former President and the many good things he did in office. It's one of the reasons "academics" and their preaching to captive audiences irritates me so much and why I became interested in American politics.
 
This begs the question of why so many kids don't carry the religious and/or political views they were raised under.
 
In many of my political science classes we talk about how people choose their partisanship/ideology. One of the main ways people socially become their political partisanship/ideology is because of their parents and share the same partisanship/ideology.
So my question to you is: "Are You the Same Partisanship/ideology as Your Parents?"

My father (who cares) is significantly more liberal than I am - two time Obama voter, etc. My mother (who doesn't) is more tempermentally conservative.
 
I think it's worth pointing out the old formulation - if you're not not a liberal when you're young, you have no heart; if you're not a conservative when you're old, you have no head. It is quite possible that many of our younger posters who have more conservative parents will end up closer to them than they suspect.
 
I am coming from a very liberal family. I was liberal till I was about 16/17. then I became a conservative which shocked my parents. :mrgreen:
 
I think it's worth pointing out the old formulation - if you're not not a liberal when you're young, you have no heart; if you're not a conservative when you're old, you have no head. It is quite possible that many of our younger posters who have more conservative parents will end up closer to them than they suspect.

I have always wondered where the old/young line is in that old saw. seems most of our 'conservatives' have been so since they were young. Does make me wonder if the saying is more along the lines of , 'if you are not more liberal when young.... and a bit more conservative PERSONALLY when older....'

As we age the 'fun' things we did are not as fun anymore, life experiences have knocked some of the shiny off of many strongly held beliefs but I think that cuts both ways.

My folks were very conservative and that shaped me in my youth. I volunteered for the Infantry as I thought that my duty as a good citizen of the Republic. Didn't matter how 'popular' the war was, it is a good citizen's duty to serve. I came out of my military service with a bit of a jaundiced eye toward the concept of turning defense of freedom into defending a national 'interest', 'conservatives' who pushed to defend those interests with other people's kids and not everyone will have the Bill Cosby experience no matter how hard they tried. I did note far more guys I served with came from the lower economic classes and so few from anything like my backround. Seems many rather well off citizens feel serving their country is a waste of time or somehow beneath them.

Anyway I have grown to appreciate a strong social safety net, even if some 'conservatives' think a few are getting a 'free ride'. Do see where firewalls in the business/financial sector is worth the 'conservative' whine over interference. I also see now a good citizen can also be the person how protests a war they don't believe is justifiable, not just sit silently as they refuse to serve.

So I am far more liberal than my folks were back in the day, still more liberal than my Dad, who is now a very radical right winger. I by no means feel a socialist society is ideal, but have seen enough of the 'conservative' ideal to know the path lies somewhere in between.

problem with common sayings is they are for common folk... we should strive to do better than that and therefore not be influenced by common sayings... ummm unless they are 'folksy'... :lol:
 
Originally I was. GOP straight ticket. Same as my mom, same as my grandpa. Now, not so much.

No matter how bad the GOP screws the pooch, my mother would say "Still better than what a democrat would do".

That part me and her still pretty much see eye to eye on.
 
I voted "no", but I think it should be "yes and no".

Superficially, we're probably ideologically similar, as my parents are "center-left" in general, by German standards, and we usually voted for the same parties. But my mother is anti-religious atheist (after she had been beaten blue and green by her mother, after telling her she learnt about evolution in school, as a kid). She also considered far-left thoughts in her youth, but became more moderate later -- but has maintained some of these memes.

My father never was anti-religious, but is an extremely rational scientist-kind of person (physicist), so much he has no sense whatsoever even for fiction or poetry, let alone religion. He hardly even watches (fiction) movies. He usually falls asleep when doing so and has no sense for art at all. All he reads are newspapers and science books/journals.

I, on the other side, have embraced religion and love literature. And I think I'm more moderate than my parents, insofar as I am less skeptic of the (pro-republican) parties I wouldn't vote for, while my parents still remember the ideologically loaded atmosphere of the Cold War and associate some of today's parties with their past stances, and don't even consider voting for them.
 
In many of my political science classes we talk about how people choose their partisanship/ideology. One of the main ways people socially become their political partisanship/ideology is because of their parents and share the same partisanship/ideology.
So my question to you is: "Are You the Same Partisanship/ideology as Your Parents?"

Such utter dogmatism as this runs against my nature.

I think for myself instead of being so completely conformist that I align myself with a whole package of ready-made beliefs.
 
This begs the question of why so many kids don't carry the religious and/or political views they were raised under.

Political views can be widely altered by personal experience, environment, social standards, and such.

As for religious views, well, the reasons tend to vary, but being an ultra-religious parent and shoving their beliefs into every aspect of their children's lives might not be the best way to ensure they keep the faith.
 
As for me, my dad is right libretarian, but with centrist leaning.

My Mom is a Catholic, with social conservative views but more left leaning of fiscal views. (Finding a candidate she really likes is difficult)
 
l share similar worldview with parents but nobody tried to form my political ideas when l was a child .l used to question almost everything l saw around and ı am still doing it to stay true to myself.
 
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