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Check Behind 6 22.22%
Bet 21 77.78%
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Old 10-06-2005, 02:30 PM
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Just curious...

Leaned, past tense, for where your parents leaned while raising you. If your parents were split, choose whichever one had a greater influence on you. If you had no parents, substitute whoever raised you. -Lean- means slightly or extremely or anywhere in between. Moderates are pussies who can't make up their minds.

Also, dont' confuse right/left with Rep/Dem, just straight up politically conservative or liberal.
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Old 10-06-2005, 02:59 PM
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They are hardcore right, which I was, till I started researching things and thinking for myself, then I slowly moved left. I was the biggest Reagan supporter in my 3rd grade class, lol. Voted for Dole, then Nader, then Gore, then Kerry.

Currently at hardcore left level, not quite a communist yet, heh

edit: the poll's about even so far, i will be interested once we get a larger sample size.....
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Old 10-06-2005, 03:30 PM
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I imagine that the top and bottom choice should get the most and be about equal, and the two middle choices will get much less and be about equal. That's what I would think, the results should be interesting.
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Old 10-06-2005, 04:03 PM
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As you worded the poll, they leaned right and I lean right, but that doesn't tell the whole story.

My parents are as conservative as they can be, but they grew up as Southern Democrats, and to my knowledge neither have ever voted for a Republican, regardless of how Liberal the Democratic candidate was. They are blinded by party loyalty and can't see past the D beside the candidate's names.

On the other hand, the older I get, the more conservative I become. I voted for Dukakis (yuck), Clinton twice, and now Bush twice. I am no great fan of Bush, but he was a better choice than Gore (a homeboy, I live in TN) or Kerry. If the Republicans can't find a better candidate than Bush, I guess I will vote Libertarian next time.
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Old 10-06-2005, 04:21 PM
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I'll be quite happy with Allen or Guiliani.
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Old 10-06-2005, 05:08 PM
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This 2+2 poll notwithstanding, a wealth of survey evidence indicates that there is a very strong positive correlation between the political orientations and party identifications of parents and their children.
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Old 10-06-2005, 11:02 PM
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I'll be quite happy with Allen or Guiliani.

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Allen I need to learn more about, Rudi will be high on my list in '08.
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Old 10-06-2005, 11:44 PM
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I lean right, my mom is a lib. My political views shifted through my college years, though perhaps evolved is a better word. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Old 10-07-2005, 02:21 AM
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Default Splitting tense

There are 4 choices that have been omitted:

5. I lean left, and my mother leaned left while my father leaned right.
6. I lean left, and my father leaned left while my mother leaned right.
7. I lean right, and my mother leaned right while my father leaned left.
8. I lean right, and my father leaned right while my mother leaned left.
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Old 10-07-2005, 02:23 AM
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I lean right, my mom is a lib. My political views shifted through my college years, though perhaps evolved is a better word.

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As fine an argument against evolution as I've seen all week.
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