Do you vote the same way as your spouse? Does it matter if you don’t? Or is it one of those fundamental differences where you would not even consider marrying someone who had a different political stance?
One of the things that interested me in the article recently in Time magazine was it claims that 40 years ago a woman would have most likely voted the same way as her husband.
Over the years Mick and I have been married, and it’s over 40, sometimes we have we have voted the same way. Other times we haven’t. What we have always done, is talked about it and I listen to what he says because he usually knows more about the issues than I do, because he’s more interested in reading about political things. It doesn’t necessarily follow that I will vote the same way though. Talking to him about the issues clarifies issues and helps me make up my own mind. I’m also more of a swinging voter. It’s often more about the person than the party line.
How different is this to the situation than, my parents and their voting habits? I can’t say for sure. Politics was a subject that was not talked about at in our home. But I always knew which person, and it really came down to the person rather than the party, my mother preferred. Yet I suspect my father may have voted differently. My mother my have been a stay at home, wife for most of her married life but that didn’t mean she didn’t think for herself and have her own opinions.
When I asked Mick, he thought his mother probably vote the same way as his father, but again he wasn’t sure if it was because that was what she thought herself or simply because of what he did. Again, it wasn’t something talked about at home.
I guess that’s the main difference. We tend to talk about things a lot more. Do you talk to your spouse about politics? Or is it a no go area that would that be likely to start an argument? Do you always vote the same way? I’d be interested to hear other’s thoughts.
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