Do you and your spouse agree on politics?
I just ran across these articles and was surprised how common it is to marry across party lines/.
Do agree with your spouse on politics? If not, do you avoid discussing politics?
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Yeah we have the same views!
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We do.
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We do, though I tend to be more subdued while he is very outspoken.
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Same views.
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I thought we did, but during this election we found out that we had differences. It's not something that defines us though so it wasn't a big deal..
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We fall into the same political category. We were young when we met and DH didn't really care much about politics whereas I was more passionate. The more I discussed it with him, the more he cared.
At one point when were were just about ot vote in our first election, he didn't want to vote because he didn't care. I kept saying "I care enough for two people so vote for my guy!!!"
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We agree about most things.
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It was very important to me to find someone who shared my political views-- more than religion actually. I lived my whole life in a house where everyone had different political views than me and it was so hard!
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Opposite views. My husband is conservative, raised by a very conservative family and I'm much more liberal, raised by a fairly liberal family. We discuss politics, but we don't say things in a way to piss the other one off. It's hard sometimes, but I value his opinion only second to my own and therefore he keeps me balanced and open to other trains of thought. We both try and understand each other's way of thinking. Unfortunately for me, I live in a super conservative area, so he gets his opinion supported much more than I do, but I can handle it. He has become much more socially liberal since being with me, though. Fiscally, we'll never agree.
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We have the same views. When we first met I did not know much or care much. DH and his family have always been super involved in politics, his mom was the communications director for one of our ministers and his sister just graduated from her political science degree and is looking for work on parliament hill! They've really given me an education and now I'm pretty passionate
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we do agree politically, and it was really important to me to find a partner who did align with my views because they're pretty central to my values (I'm very liberal, and care deeply about social justice). Like Mrs. Jacks, it was more important to me than religion (though my husband and I also are very similar in our religious views!).
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@nana87: high five! Politics is a huge part of our everyday life in this house. My daughter asked for Rachel maddow over Elmo yesterday for her screen time. I'll admit, I was a little surprised.
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Mostly we agree, although DH is more centrist than I am.
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@Mrs. Jacks: that is hilarious! my toddler niece apparently commented during the campaignon how Romney was not as good at sharing as her, it's amazing how much the little ones soak up just by being around political discussions!
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I could never have married someone who didn't share my political views. We disagree on many fine points, but the overall values are the same.
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We are pretty similar. Neither of us are particularly passionate about it either way, and both tend to go more towards the center, so we might lean in different was on certain issues but are still close. We did lean just enough away from each other to vote for different candidates for president though! So basically cancelled each other's votes out right away.
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We have very similar views.
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Yes we do.
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We do now. I've convinced him to come over to my side, and now he really believes in it.
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Yup same views
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We are similar but I tend to be more conservative.
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Nope, but he's fairly moderate on his side and tends to agree with me on the hot-button social issues. If that weren't the case, things would be a lot harder.
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Basically, yes. We have the same views but he is very much not political, to the point that he doesn't vote. So we do disagree about that and he spends a lot of time dissing all candidates, including mine lol. He's an equal opportunity politician hater.
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Yes. I agree with mrs jacks, it would have been harder for me to marry outside my politics than religion. Id be okay if someone had a slightly different interpretation of the bible than me, but not having the same values would be too hard. We do identify ourselves differently when it comes to pro life/pro choice, but have largely the same beliefs on the issue that don't really fit into either category.
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Although we voted for different people in this election, on big issues we usually agree. Things that are important to me like supporting gay marriage, I don't know if I could have married someone that didn't share my views.
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Very interesting! Glad to see so many of you get along in politics so well! DH and I pretty much disagree on everything political--it makes for an interesting life
but a very good one when it's not election time.
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I know very little about politics, and Wagon Sr. knows a decent amount about them, so he knew his party but I didn't really know or care. Since we've gotten together he's educated me a bit and showed me tools (like online questionnaires) to figure out where my views fall, and turns out we're VERY similar.
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pretty much, although I pay a lot more attention than he does. It's not nearly such a big deal in Canada though. I mean, not that politics don't matter, but that we aren't so hardcore about it being part of our personal identity if we vote a certain way.
He grew up in Chile though, and it's only in the last couple years that he's felt Canadian enough to vote (he's a citizen).
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Yes, we have very similar political views, which is rather important to both me and DH.
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Yep, almost exactly the same.
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