Do you have different political views to your family members?

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Hi everyone.

This is really nosey of me, and it's absolutely none of my business, but I'm just curious.

Do any of you have different political views to your family members (e.g. your partner, parents, siblings or children)? And how do you both deal with this if it's a problem?

Again, just me being very nosey. I support the Lib Dems, but my family are mostly Labour.

My dad has always voted Tory. My brother has always voted Tory.
My mum used to be labour, but has swung to Tory over the past few years. All of them voted Brexit.

I used to be Lib dem or labour, depending on where I lived, due to tactical voting, and I voted remain!

We still all get on, and we discuss things, we might not always agree but we don't fall out over it.
And three of us studied politics at Alevel, and one has a degree in it :)

DP and I are Tory, DMIL and DFIL are LibDem but voting Tory this time, DBIL and DSIL are Labour, voting Tory this time. :D None of them like their leaders.

My parents and I vote Labour and yet they are the most small c conservative people I've ever met who go on about benefit scroungers and the like.

We are Scottish and my dad is very anti independence. I am pro, not sure about my mum.

We just don't talk about it, because I find some of their views really misinformed and I can't be arsed arguing with them.

Yes we are.

Always voted Labour. Neither will this time. DH is LibDem I will probably spoil my paper.

DM has always been Conservative... except last time when she protested further to the right partly because her local MP who'd been in the media for all the wrong reasons. She's had a delivery of the Daily Mail for decades.

DH and I tend to vote differently. I tend to default to the Liberal Democrats but will vary depending on specific interests as my main concern is social policy. DH tends to be of the attitude that look after the economy and the rest can look after itself which tends to orientate him to the Conservatives.

I can understand that historically families would often vote in the same direction and rarely change their point of view, but these days the influence of politics is so broad and complex and so much information is available that to stick unquestioningly with one party from 18 until death seems very naive.

Yes, and they are very vocal on Facebook about their political views. I really hate it when people do that!

Very. Die hard Tory (almost UKIP last time around) parents and me, Labour/Green. Sister tends to stick with parents.

My dad is a Tory. Loves Thatcher, thinks privatisation is great, loaded etc.
Me... not so much! Want to vote labour but must vote dib dems in my consituency.

As a disabled, NHS employed, single parent to a disabled child I vote Labour.

The rest of my family vote Conservative - that's high earning childless DSis, high earning semi retired (with high pension) DF and DM who is retired but despite working has always been more or less a kept woman.

DF is terrified of his taxes going up. DSis doesn't care about what doesn't affect her (school budgets, NHS etc). DM hates the local Conservative MP and would follow my lead in tactically voting LD to oust them, but is too cowed by DF.

My DParents voted Labour when it was Blair, but Corbyn is too left wing for them. DF calls him a commie. I've been told I sound like a commie on occasion too but I just laugh at him when he says that.

This time we've largely skirted the issue. I've told them I'm voting LD to get rid of the local candidate. DF warned me that would destabilise TM. What I didn't say was that was exactly my intention.

I've just pointed out to them that they've bailed me out when I've not had enough to eat before so they should be prepared to do that again if necessary. They've told me not to worry - with a conservative government apparently they will have enough money to buy me a house when they sell theirs if it all goes tits up for me. Whats upsetting is their attitude - they acknowledge they may stuff things up for me and my job (cuts have already resulted in me being made redundant once and i got another low paid job which I'm not well enough to do and they're trying to constructively dismiss me but the DWP says I'm not ill enough) but then just say they'll provide for me when that happens because "That's what families do." Yay for me, I guess?

We all seem to have near enough the same views but feel different parties represent those views. I think that's why it can be so hard to vote.

We don't hate each other for voting differently.

Oh yes.
My parents are to the left of McDonnell.

Yes most of my family are Tory supporters, my sister supports UKIP.
I'm a lot more left but we get by by not really talking about politics.

I am a Labour party member (although to the right of the party's current leadership). My siblings are firmly right wing. I have muted/hidden one of them on Facebook and am on the verge of doing so with one more, due to the posting of "piss off we're full LOL" type memes .

I have an unspoken rule with two of my siblings that we don't talk politics. The third sibling is quite frankly turning into more of an arrogant a-hole with every passing year, and will ram her views down any passing throat, so I manage this by avoiding contact other than Christmas and birthday cards.

I do have two close friends who are died in the wool Tories, but manage to have robust yet healthy debates with them from time to time.

My Mum voted leave. I did not.

I refuse to discuss politics with my bf because -he just spouts nonsense he read on Facebook- we wildly disagree.

Chardonnay My father was also to the left of McDonnell which shaped my youthful views.

DH and two DSs over 18. There is a very real possibility that all four of us will vote for different parties tomorrow .

I'm Lib Dem and so is my brother (both of us are party members). DH is Conservative (I think), but is less politically engaged than me and is quite cynical of all the parties. My Dad is Labour (has been a member for years). My Mum is more of a floating voter, but leans towards Labour.

We all voted Remain.

Not a problem at all btw. We all respect each other's views.

DM and elder DB are Daily Mail reading anti-immigration right wingers (vote Tory/UKIP and Leave), me and younger DB are environmentalist guardian reading lefties (vote Labour/libdem and Remain).

DF was a rather moderate Tory, it was only after his death DM and DB1 got so rabid. DF would be shocked I think.

I miss dad Politics are no longer discussed.

DH and I are floating voters that both tend to go lib dem or conservative, but usually the opposite of each other, so there are some arguments there!

Tribally DH started out Conservative and I started out Labour but we were both driven away from our "loyalties" by those parties' betrayal of their voters.

Yep, can't talk to my parent's about politics or brexit. I love them dearly but our political views are so different.

Tribally labour but now all conservative thsts parents, dh. Me. 4 grown up kids and their partners.

My red hot labout sister is for the first time voting green.

Will return to labour hopefully when thry get over this moment of maddness with Corbyn and his ilk.

Oh yes but after a massive bust up during the referendum for brexit in which the DM, DF and DSis all voted to leave and I voted to remain and then a further one about Trump (they love him and I think he's a butjob) we have all stayed largely away from the subject.

Yep. Dad is a Conservative voter because he can't get over Blair and Iraq. Hated Thatcher with a passion, is angry at what they are doing to his grandkids education but won't vote Labour because of Blair. Thinks Corbyn is a "Commie" but agrees with many of his policies. There's no talking to him really. But he's in a safe Tory seat and could vote with his conscience...but Blair! Iraq! FFS.

I'm a Labour voter, not much could sway me really. I try not to talk to him about it much but I can't help but poke the bear sometimes...