Is your other half voting differently to you?

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I just wondered what other people's situations looked like. My DH is Conservative , however I will be voting Labour.

He thinks I'm ridiculous.

I think he's unfair.

Politics is something I find hard to deal with when it comes to DH.

For example, he believes you vote for what suits you and "everyone does that". When I tried to suggest that no, many people vote for what's best for all of us as a country, he said I was ridiculous and 'nobody sensible does that'.

There seem to be a lot of DHs/DPs voting Tory 🤔 Mine says he’s voting Tory but I still can’t work out if he’s joking or not!

I vote labour, he voted Lib Dem. he voted Tory once but it now horrified at the effect austerity has had so never again.
Still can't get him to defect to the red side though

I voted Tory, dh has been a lifelong Labour voter but voted Tory today.

I voted Labour, didn't want too, tactical voting in my area (I would have preferred lib dem) DH voted conservative, as it suits us financially, but I really think BJ is a lying, self obsessed arse who needs to go, u fear for the NHS under the Tories.
Most depressing election ever

I think he usually votes LD, I usually vote Green.

Today we both voted for Labour. Head over heart for the greater good.

First time in 15 years we've voted differently! He voted for the wrong party, but I posted his vote for him anyway!

We don’t actually talk about it. We do talk politics but we never explicitly say who we’re voting for.

Same here with DH. Except this time when we've both voted Labour as a tactical vote.

DH and I generally vote the same way. However this time, he’s voted tactically as we’re in a marginal seat. I’ve voted as I normally do, even though the candidate has no chance here.

I just couldn’t bring myself to vote tactically like DH as I do not want my vote to be seen as an endorsement of policies I fundamentally disagree with.

I don’t normally tell DH who I have voted for, or ask him (secret ballot and all that ) but this time we did discuss it as we were both torn over who to vote for. We ended up voting the same.

Me and DP both voted labour. I’d really struggle if he voted Tory. His parents are voting Tory and it’s caused arguments between them and my DP!

Yes, he spoilt his paper

We have been life long Labour until now. DH has voted green and I have spoilt my ballot. We are both sad that the party we have supported for more than 40 years has become unrecognisable to us.

We generally agree

This time he spoilt his paper...i voted

It wouldn't bother me if he had different political views though, because I'm not a controlling arse; he's his own person and is entitled to whatever political opinions he wants
I don't understand this at all. I didn't have an arranged marriage; I chose a partner based on them having, at minimum, the same core values as me. We have plenty of disagreements over policies and we don't always vote for the same party, but a divide as broad as left-wing/right-wing I don't see how that could work.

I am voting Labour and he is voting (tactical) LibDem. Fair enough!

We would both vote Green but they aren't standing in our constituency

DH is a Conservative (likes our local MP). I've been a floating voter for years having come from a strong labour background. Green this time. Neither strongly disagrees with the other but we weight things differently.

My husband won't be voting today due to unforseen circumstances however our votes are our own. Sometimes we match sometimes we vary.

"I actually find it really small minded that someone would leave if they found out their OH held different political views to themselves."

It's more I wouldn't have got into a relationship with them in the first place. Politics matters to me and someone having very different political mindset & values would have turned me right off.

I'm hearing you!! My DH gives me a long loud and patronising lecture about how I am wasting my vote, every time something political comes on tv. I asked him if he would be so critical and patronising to our neighbours who are (from the sign in their front garden) voting the same as me! He said we should be voting together as a household but only if I vote the same as him

We're voting differently

DH is a staunch Conservative, I'm a mellow yellow.

It's more I wouldn't have got into a relationship with them in the first place. Politics matters to me and someone having very different political mindset & values would have turned me right off.

Likewise. I couldn't enter into a relationship not knowing such things about the other person. I think too many people rush in without thinking and then get a shock when they realise they don't actually "know" their partner.