General election - Do you and your partner vote the same or differently?

[WhatNowBarry]

And if you do vote differently, how do you reconcile that? Does it not matter all that much? Or is it something you can't get past?

We usually vote the same. Although in the most recent council elections we didn't. Broadly speaking, we share very similar views politically speaking.

Usually the same, sometimes different but always both centre or left of centre. We have very similar political views and are politically engaged.

I wouldn't be in a relationship with someone who had very different views to me. Politics matters hugely to me and I couldn't respect someone who voted for a party I find abhorrent.

Mostly the same, sometimes different. Our views and priorities pretty much align.

Same. As do the children.

We have generally voted differently in the past. Me Labour or Lib Dem, him Conservative. This reflects our backgrounds ; me very working class, him rural / farming upper middle class. We both voted Remain in 2016. At this election, he is so disillusioned by the Tories & so appalled by the fiasco of the last 7 years that he may abstain.

We deal with this by respecting one another’s views & agreeing to differ like intelligent, educated adults.

I don't actually know. We debate the policies, know we both have different priorities but don't talk about the final result.

In the past we have voted differently but it was due to tactical voting, otherwise we've always voted the same way. Our political views are pretty much identical, there are a few little things we disagree on.

In answer to your second question: there are certain things that are a hard enough line for me politically that I wouldn't be in a relationship with someone who supported them, either explicitly or implictly with their vote. So I don't think I'd have ended up with someone long term who had very different voting history to me anyway, to be honest.

Sometimes the same sometimes differently. It depends on the policies.

Differently. It’s a bit of a bone of contention. I’m more left or centre left. He is Conservative and actually thought Nigel Farage made sense in the debate the other night. We didn’t watch it together as he won’t watch anything like that with me now due to past ‘discussions’.

The same. One time we nearly didn't due to tactical voting but we ended up going the same way that time too. We almost always go and vote together, quite enjoy it!
My nana and grandad voted differently and used to have a pact not to vote at all, since they felt they cancelled each other out - then would try to sneak out and do their vote anyway.

We vote differently, Labour/Tories… We have been married for 15y+ and actually got engaged after an evening talking about politics.

I imagine we must be the exception but it
is so interesting to debate and have to really express why we agree with ideas/policies, not just blindly defend the line of our party of choice. We both have found areas where we actually agree with the other one’s party.

He does what I tell him! 😡

And one time we did the vote pact, ie none of us went because we knew we would cancel each other out. Just once though.

We've never voted the same. I'm a floating voter and his choice has changed. Not a problem, we respect eachother has a right to chose and no point making an issue of it. Our DD is likely to vote for a party neither of us would ever vote for, again not an issue.

It varies. I still tease DH about voting for Brexit. He really didn't expect Leave to win, but whenever something related to a downside of Brexit (or that I can loosely blame on it) comes up, I hold him personally responsible! It took him several years to even admit it, for a while he refused to tell me which way he voted (so I assumed correctly).
I think last GE he voted Labour and I voted Green. The ones before, we both voted Labour.
This time he's threatening to spoil his ballot because he's still sore about Jeremy Corbyn and doesn't like Keir Starmer.
He'd never vote Conservative, so we aren't that unaligned, but he's also a bit of an accelerationist and would probably vote for someone like Reform or the Party For Women, if he thought it would cause a stir. He spends too much time for his own good on weird Facebook groups...

We vote differently and deal with it by not really talking about it.

Mostly the same but he's more floating voter and often doesn't vote at all. I was a party member and activist so always vote except a couple of times didn't for London Mayor when it's often personality based

Absolutely no idea. Politics is not really a topic of conversation in our house - can’t think of much else that is as boring (except maybe F&B paint shades!)

Same. I couldn't be married to someone whose values I didn't share.

Mostly the same, with some "it doesn't matter in this seat" protests thrown in.

Our dislike of certain politicians and parties is well aligned

Often different, sometimes the same. Our child usually votes differently to both of us. It’s irrelevant.

We've always voted the same. Not sure I would be compatible with someone who didn't have similar political views and outlook as my own.

Very different. Been together 20 years. We essentially have the same values but come at it from different directions.

We agree on lots of bits.
What we disagree on is which party actually delivers those

He knows how I will vote. He hasn't decided and probably won't tell me.

Our kids can vote now. No idea how they will vote either.