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.

I used to have very different views to IL's. They were staunch Tories. DH was Tory or Lib Dem. I was always labour.

MIL is now a labour campaigner. They shifted a lot when we discussed lots of politic things (I come from a very very different background to them - they are inheritances and family buisnesses whereas as I come from a poor background with abusive parents).

Ever since the austerity cuts they've gone rabid labour (DH was widowed young and 2 of our children have disability/health conditions).

I'm still the most moderate of us all. Apart from DS1 - it's his first vote and he's done more research than he did for his exams!

DH is usually Plaid. I feel aligned with the Lib Dems. My parents usually vote Plaid. This time we're all voting Labour. My brother is too young to vote but he's a Green supporter but wants a Labour win.

My DP is a right Tory boy, he keeps trying to convert me away from Labour.

Politics is the only area where we absolutely disagree.

I'm Labour. My parents and Nan are Conservative - but they all read the Daily Mail so I blame that entirely for filling their heads with bollocks.

My family all have different political outlooks and vote accordingly. We can even have a chat about it without acrimony. Never understood the threads on here when people get upset or angry because someone close to them vote differently to them. I remember during the 2015 election campaign some folk proudly boasting how they had dedriended people on Facebook because they found they were voting conservative and I could not help coclude that such people were monumentality immature twats.

I rebelled by voting Conservative, Wecks.

I had enough Marxist propaganda at home to last me a life time.

I'm impressed by all of these inter-party marriages/partnerships! I don't think I could get past a first date with a Tory!

In laws are UKIP and blatant racists (asked FIL one day why he left the UK in the 70s and he said 'because of all the blacks' ) They are back in U.K. now after 20 years of not paying taxes, and complain every day that they can't get a doctors' appt because of immigrants (MIL is actually an immigrant herself)

I'm one of those annoying people who posts a lot of political stuff in the hope that it gets through to them, but they are too old to change now

for years when I still lived at home our house was quite a sight in the run up to an election. Dad's conservative poster in one window, Mum's lib dem one in another and my labour one in another.

We still vote differently. Dad maintains his conservative view point, Mum and I tend to vary.

We manage it simply because we respect each other. I know my dad genuinely believes that the tories are the best thing, not for him, but for the country.
I spent years making him more aware of how the other end of the spectrum lived and raising his social awareness, he has spent years teaching me about how the economy works, and how a strong economy leads to more money for NHS.

We have good interesting discussions.

Unlike on mn where I find people breathtakingly rude. I am so upset by the number of people saying things like
"if you love your children why would you vote tory"
"all tory voters are fucking selfish bastards"

etc. It makes me really cross. That is my dad you are talking about. People can disagree with you about how to move the country forward and still be genuinely voting for what they think is best, and not for self interest.

Not sure I would fele the same way if they were UKIP voters, or racist etc.

Yes, within immediate family and in laws I have everything from right wing UKIP supporters (and one family member who has voted BNP in the past), through moderate, progressive Conservative voters, through to centre left Labour/Lib-Dem voters. In extended family there is even more variation, including momentum members.

Me - Labour in UK and Socialist Party in Ireland

My mum votes Labour in Ireland, my dad votes Fine Gael (right wing Tory-ish). Both of my siblings are very apathetic.

My mum, sister and I all vote the same way (as far as we've discussed anyway)

My DP and I voted differently for Brexit which was actually quite difficult because we are both quite stubborn. However, we're voting the same way in this election as it stands.

I live with DP's parents and FIL is a UKIP supporter after voting Labour all his life. There is no telling him any different so we tend to avoid politics. DP is more tolerant of him and will try to engage in a healthy debate but it's very much FIL saying 'I don't care what you say I've read it all in the papers and you're wrong' rather than a conversation eyeroll

I'm labour ( but tory strong hold seat so cant see that changing) dh is Tory. He feels TM will be good at getting a good deal for brexit. We agree to disagree. He did vote labour in 97 however. Hmm.

Yes, wildly different. After quite an argument last year over Brexit, we seem to have come to an understanding that we don't talk about politics. My parents are Conservative/UKIP and their main source of info is the Daily Mail, I'm more Green/lib dems but they have absolutely no hope in my constituency so I'm voting Labour.

I wish I could have a sensible discussion with them, but it just turns into them accusing me of all sorts. After they learnt of my intention to vote remain my sister actually said 'if I get raped by one of the Romanians around the corner then I'll be blaming you'. I seriously considered emigrating after this...my children love them though, and they would be incredibly upset to leave.

Even writing this post has upset me.

My dad and brothers all vote the same way, both in UK general elections (we still get a vote in these), and here in the US.

My American husband and I are both Democrats, I honestly couldn't have married a Republican. No way.

However there are members of my wider family in the UK - uncles, aunts, cousins - who vote differently. On the whole it's fine and we can debate respectfully. One uncle however, is a twat, and I refuse to discuss politics with him.

My grandmother was far right and my grandfather was a liberal democrat. They were married 70 years.

DM an extremely active tory. DF just went along with it. Dm and dsf still vote tory but it's now because they Iike their MP and know her personally as much as the politics.

I am apathetic after being let down by both a tory mp and a labour one and haven't voted since. The alternatives aren't credible to me.

Dh is ukip.his parents were ukip but now tory. Everyone just tolerates each other's views and often agree to disagree.

Sometimes. My Dad is a racist, has voted for the BNP in the past, votes for UKIP when he can (he was actually angry that they didn't stand in his seat at the Scottish election so he 'had to' vote Tory). My mum rarely expresses her own opinion but repeats a watered-down version of my Dad's and probably votes the same way.

Husband and I disagreed hugely over the Scottish referendum (tension gone now as we will probably both vote the same way in a future one) and tend to vote for different parties but not radically different (neither of us have ever voted Tory).

With my parents I wish we could avoid talking about politics, but my Dad likes to try and annoy me by sharing increasingly extreme views to get a reaction. I have in the past left the room. I've told him he can have his own views but if he uses racist and sexist language in front of my children I will be ending the visit straight away (he has a female Muslim MP, I wouldn't mind him disagreeing with her politics but the language he has used about her is to my mind unacceptable). A few months ago I told him to stop sharing his 'joke' emails with me. I kind of feel I should try and discuss it calmly, but he's not interested in a calm discussion about policy, and he's almost 80 so I'm unlikely to change his mind at this stage.

My husband and I discuss politics quite a lot. It got a bit heated a few years ago but we made a conscious effort to calm it down and find some middle ground. And events have shifted my political compass a bit so we agree more these days.

I suppose the ideal thing it to try and stay calm about it - disagreeing is fine, and healthy; my daughter tends to parrot my opinions just now and we discuss the fact that as she gets older she'll form her own opinions and that is fine. With some people, calm discussion isn't an option, so I would try and avoid the subject.

In laws are staunch UKIP, has led to them not speaking to me any more. DM was Labour but under the influence of cuntbrother is now also a racist homophobe, sorry, UKIP voter. Under Corbyn I am now Labour 100%, nice to have a socialist party back in contention.

Yes we do. I am the only one who is eligible to vote in this country though as the only UK citizen. One of my relatives is a politician abroad and I would not vote for their party if I lived there.

Totally different. My parents vote Republican, happily voting in Bush and Trump. I tend to vote Green. I don't think my siblings vote at all. We never talk about politics, despite the TV in my parents' house being permanently set to Fox News.

I'm married to a Labour party member.

I'm a floating voter so it varies. I've family on all sides. I debate a little but if it gets heated I bow out. I like to see all sides so I can make my own mind up on a per election basis.

I'm in Australia-

Me, rabid socialist greenie, voted Greens every election
DP, ex-long-term Liberal (Tory) but voted Labor last federal election. He still hasn't told his dad who will be Liberal until he carks it.

DBro voted OneNation. I nearly disowned him. Apparently LGBT people are "shameful" and "should make better choices" and he has a "fuck off, we're full sticker" on his car.
Dad's also fairly right-wing but is ineligible to vote
Mum's very central. Last time we talked openly she was voting Labor, but after the last Federal election, politics is verboten. Anything remotely political has Mum swiping you with a wooden spoon

I'm not really sure how the IL's vote, except FIL.

Until this election, yes. DH has always been pro-tory and myself I am labour. This time he is voting Labour. I think he still has some tory leanings but his decision to not vote conservative was swung by the chance Theresa May would lift the fox hunting ban. He was going to vote Green (as he did in the locals) but was won over actually by Corbyn and is voting Labour and avoiding the divorce courts! ( this bit is lighthearted before anyone gets their knickers in a twist - the man made his own mind up!)

Only recently will my husband engage with me in political discussions though without rolling his eyes and leaving the room! My eldest child is 14, so not yet able to vote, but is labour leaning especially with Corbyn and likes our local labour candidate (who is very, very active in the constituency).

me - labour
dh - undecided
sister1 - labour
bil - labour
sister2 - labour
bil - labour
niece 18 - labour
ds18 - (wants to vote green but can't in our election)
dd20 - no interest
ds22-tory
sil - tory
mum - wont say
dad- undecided
mil - tory
bil -labour

Well my Mum and Dad are staunchly Labour, very left wing.
I am even more leftwing and float between Green and Labour, but this time it will be Labour!

My brother will also be voting Labour, though I think he'd rather vote Lib Dem, but where he lives it would be a wasted vote!

DP is as lefty as me, and will also be voting Labour.

ILs are UKIP, despite having loads of money, and no mortgage on a coastal property on the Isle of WIght.
We no longer talk politics since we once had a debate and FiL called me "a silly little girl" (I'm thirty fucking two!) and shut me down.
I walked out and went to the pub after that.