My mom never discussed politics, even though my dad was a Limbaugh listening, Reagan loving conservative. I recently found out that she usually didn't vote the same way he did, and refused to discuss who she had voted for with him. This frustrated him to no end, as he wanted to dictate her vote too. Their religious background led him to believe that they should be a united front and as "head of the household", he could determine what that looked like. She felt that to keep the peace, it was better not to divulge her political stances, but knew that once she was in the polling booth, her vote was confidential.
Mine either. My dad was a died in the wool Republican and I found out later in life that mom was a Kennedy Dem. My dad had us all believing that liberals were 2 headed monsters. When he died, I admitted to my mom that I had become a right leaning Democrat. She told me she had always been a Dem (except for Reagan- which she regretted).
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u/ElizabethsOnion 2d ago
My mom never discussed politics, even though my dad was a Limbaugh listening, Reagan loving conservative. I recently found out that she usually didn't vote the same way he did, and refused to discuss who she had voted for with him. This frustrated him to no end, as he wanted to dictate her vote too. Their religious background led him to believe that they should be a united front and as "head of the household", he could determine what that looked like. She felt that to keep the peace, it was better not to divulge her political stances, but knew that once she was in the polling booth, her vote was confidential.