Tell me about your Mother.

[Up2Late]

This is not a "who would your Mother vote for now..." question, it's a question about how politically active was your mother while you were growing up question.

[HughMoran]

1. Independent mom

...as it should be.

[likesmountains 52]

2. I remember my mom having League of Women Voters meetings at our house..

in the late 60's...mom you rocked!

[blogslut]

9. Mine too!

The League of Womens Voters has been wronged. They should be hosting all our debates. But nooo...

[annie1]

3. my mother is not a citizen and cannot vote, but used to be a journalist and would probably...

support barack. not politically active, but very knowledgable and opinionated. she would never ever ever ever ever ever ever vote republican if she could vote. she always is concerned about the poor, and those without. those who struggle.

as for potus, we're not on very good speaking terms, but i'd be willing to bet she finds bill shady, and i know for a fact she would like to see a black president. she is white.

[rucky]

4. My mom tells my dad who to vote for.

And she's a flaming liberal.

[eyesroll]

5. My mom votes in every election but does not talk about for whom she votes.

She leans Democrat, but I know she voted for John Anderson in 1980 (I was in the voting booth with her).

[Hepburn]

6. Other:

My mother voted a straight Pubbie ticket. She was intelligent and could have been well-informed, but IMO it was more important to her to be one with the Junior League....if you know what I mean.

[Up2Late]

15. No, not really. I've heard of the Junior League, but haven't a clue what the are or do...

...are they an All Female, All Country Club type organization or what?

(Btw, I haven't clue what Men's Clubs like the Elks Club or the Lions Club or the Rotary Club or any of those do either)

[Debi]

7. My mother voted but was not politically active and never discussed

who she voted for. It's only been in the last two cycles that we'd discussed politics.

[Johnny__Motown]

8. My parents tended to discuss how to vote and tried to come to a decision together. but each had a

mind, will and vote of their own.


The truth is they tended to agree most of the time. I assume that is why their marriage worked. Similar philosophy toward things and similar priorities.

[IndianaGreen]

10. My mother was not politically active, but when she voted, she kept her own counsel

I come from a family of a broad political spectrum ranging from moderates to Marxist-Leninist.

[sellitman]

11. Leave my mother out of this!

Someone had to say it.

:shrug:

[CountAllVotes]

12. my father aways told my mother who to vote for

whether she followed his advice or not is another thing. }(

[Critters2]

13. My mother was a Dem, from the day she was born to the day she died.

Even when my dad was a Republican (he's since come to his senses) she voted straight ticket Dem. Worked campaigns, wore buttons, talked up her candidates. I wonder who she'd support if she were still here.

[Drunken Irishman]

14. My mom is the typical Irish-Catholic mother.

Or in other words, she told other people how to vote, most of the time, anyway.

In this primary, she really didn't know who to vote for. She knew I supported Obama, but she was caught up on the idea a black man could not win in the general election. Slowly, though, she changed her view and when Utah held its primary, she voted for Obama and has since purchased a sign to place in the front yard of her house and proudly convinced my aunt, her sister, to vote for Obama as well.

:D

[kirby]

16. My mother is dead, so she votes early and often in Chicago n/t

[GoneOffShore]

21. Would you like to register her here in Philadelphia as well?

[noel711]

17. My parents had a mixed-marriage...

My father was a Goldwater republican,

My mother was an Adlai Stevenson democrat...

[Laelth]

18. Other: My Mom voted the exact opposite of how my Dad voted.

I think that was her core logic. If he believed it, it had to be wrong.

FWIW ... I don't believe in normal families. :)

-Laelth

[GoneOffShore]

19. My mother was a closeted Democrat

She was always sending money off to the DNC, but I didn't realize it.

My father was of the opinion that FDR was Satan's asshole and wouldn't have voted for Jeebus if he had been on the Dem side of the ballot. My mother kept quiet and when she died and I went through her cancelled checks - going back 30 years!!!(She WAS a child of the Depression) - I found all these little donation cheques to the DNC.

[Up2Late]

23. That's a GREAT story!

I'd say I wish my Mother was like that, but she sort of is.

Btw, I have old checks going back about 15 years. I'd have more but somebody talked my into shredding some a few years back, now I wish I hadn't because I have a poor memory of some life events from back then.

I never really thought I would need them, but when my Best Friend died, I started going back though old records and photos and now I really wish I has some of those old records to check some of the dates of things we did together. The ironic thing is, I think it was him who convinced me to shred those old checks.:-)

[OhioChick]

20. My Mother has always been a die-hard Dem....

She's told me stories over and over about where she was, what she was doing when JFK was killed and how all sorts of people gathered in the streets and mourned that day. :(

Funny, she never registered to vote until Bill Clinton was running for Pres. Since asshat got into office, she became a political junkie. She loved Bill, but is an Obama supporter now.

[elixir]

22. My mother is from Mars, she didn't vote on planet Earth.

[Nitrogenica]

24. Always independent.

[Not the Only One]

25. My mom didn't even know who was running for POTUS in 1988 or 1992

She follows it more recently, but for the entire time I was growing up and into early adulthood, she was clueless.

My grandmother didn't vote because she didn't know they stopped requiring payment of a poll tax.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

26. Both parents always voted for the democrat...

...Growing up they were taught that republicans were for big business, where democrats were for the common man. I'm teaching that to my kids.

[SeattleGirl]

27. My mother voted the way she wanted to vote.

She didn't need anyone to tell her who to vote for.

[Beregond2]

28. Parents

My parents always voted Democratic, but it wasn't because they influenced each other; it was because they were sentient beings.

[stillcool]

29. she died when I was a year old...

but I'm sure she would have been a Democrat.

[Raine]

30. VERY independantly politically active

my mother was a repug who was very involved, ran the local headquaters etc. My mother was smart though cause when Raygun and the RW took over she had had enough and became actively Democratic :thumbsup: I was so proud of her! :-)

[Liberal In Texas]

31. Grammar cop here. Sorry.

You can't say "My Mother Was" and then switch tenses mid-way through the poll and say "My Mother Usually Votes" because that implies how she is voting now. I was confused.

So. In my case, my mother used to vote all Rebub. but not necessarily anymore. I can't vote in two different tenses.

[eissa]

32. My mother is a moron

who votes for who the National Enquirer and her equally brain-dead friends tell her to vote for.

Yeah, I have issues with my mother :mad:

[Hoof Hearted]

36. Then again, maybe it really IS you.

[eissa]

38. Yeah, it's me

I'm the one who still refers to African-Americans as "negros", thinks women shouldn't play sports or be doctors or lawyers, and thrives on drama/control :crazy:

[DearAbby]

33. Mom wasn't politically active...she voted Democrat

She survived the Depression, and totally adored FDR. She remained a Democrat for that. She passed away before Nixon's resignation. I know she would be totally disgusted with this administration.

She would have been thrilled with Hillary Clinton's bid for President, equally so for Obama.

[Straight Shooter]

34. My mother was not politically active but quite aware of political events.

AFAIK, she always voted a Democratic ticket, but both she and my father always preached that you vote for the best person on the ticket, no matter the party. The important thing was to get out there and vote.

I think they're a little appalled at how involved I am politically, though. I can get a little, uh, pushy about my opinions. :D

[Hoof Hearted]

35. What you should ask is why is my poll so fuckin' sexist? Truly.

SEVEN of your choices put women in the passive role.

Fuck that. My mom doesn't fit in your poll. My great-grandmother doesn't even fit in you poll.

[Up2Late]

40. Where, exactly, did you grow up? Because my poll reflects the country I grew up in.

I grew up in the Mid-west in the 1970's, maybe it's because I grew up in Indiana, a state that hasn't voted for Democrat since 1964, but those were the Mothers I knew.

What would your poll questions be? Just curious.

[quakerboy]

37. My mom usualy votes to cancel out my dads stupidity

Every once and a while they agree though. They both have their own minds and do their own research. We didnt have a TV until I was 15, and never Cable. PBS and reading, its the way to go.

I generally end up coming to similar conclusions as my mother. Its been very enlightening to talk with her now that I am a bit more mature. She is a fairly internal person, so most of my youth I didn't know what her positions were. Its ironic that both my sister and I came out much more like mom even though she never verbalized her politics untill recently.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

39. My mother was an immigrant and never voted.

And, at best, was entirely indifferent to politics.