Poll: Your Father's Vote

[Soviet Steve]

My father votes Socialdemokraterne. I did support them leading up to the election but once the cards were down I voted for Radikale instead. They're the same bloc, but the social democratic leader is such a gimp, and I don't really care for their policies on organic food, the economy and immigration. (Foreign girlfriend + 24 year rule = Rage)

 

[AvsJoe]

Yes. Because neither my father nor myself vote on a regular basis.
No. Because he votes for people he knows, I vote for people who's platforms I agree with.
Unsure. Because we don't discuss politics, I have no idea which party he votes for most often.

 

[Betancore]

Both of my parents let me have their votes. They're pretty apathetic when it comes to politics. I know that my dad is much more conservative/liberal than I am, so I guess our vote would differ if he ever bothered to vote for himself.

 

[joshuaayt]

Nope. He votes liberal, I'm gonna tick every box so my (compulsory) vote will be invalidated.

...See, only two parties are actually in the running for real, and I hate hate hate HATE being presented those two, and then getting the "Well, you voted for X!" argument whenever I complain about the chucklefucks running the joint.

Here's an idea- why don't we, as a country, give non-scumbags a chance, instead of selecting literally the worst people every time?
EDIT: Not that my ranting really pertains to the question. Sorry... I did answer, though.

 

[SpAc3man]

My dad told me who he votes for yesterday for the first time. He won't even tell my mum which really annoys her. Turns out they vote for the same left wing environmentally concious party. One of those minor parties that will never be able to form a government on their own but always have enough seats to form a coalition government with whatever larger party that they side with. Normally means some of their well thought out bills get lots of support while their nuttier ones don't get far. As far as political parties go they have to be my favourite. Likely I will vote for them.

 

[The Last Nomad]

I generally don't vote. Didn't vote in the very recent presidential elections while my dad did. But I can see why people would vote the same as their parents, me however, I would never vote for something unless I know exactly what would be the ramifications if I did and if I even cared about them. Generally in elections, I find its quite difficult to find out what exactly a party/candidate says they are going to do, so even if I really cared enough, I doubt I would still find it easy to choose who to vote for and I doubt my vote would be swayed by what my parents would choose.

 

[deus-ex-machina]

My dad's dead too but he was a Labour voter as far as I know. Labour did a lot of good things for our area locally when they were in power and my grandad was a chancellor for the area when he was alive.

Now, I really don't give a crap who I vote for. I have no loyalty although I live in the only area in Britain where the Green party are in power locally and they're doing okay. Nationally, they all seem as poop as each other. Labour lacks leadership. The Lib Dems seem to have faded into oblivion beyond the stories I hear that they keep kicking up a fuss with Tory policies.

Then the Torys have a hard job of getting through the financial crisis, but I've never really supported the general idea that they favour the rich when I come from a working class background... although now I should probably like them since I've come out the other side of uni and landed on my feet. But nah.

So I don't vote nationally.

 

[Puddleknock]

Well I'm a card carrying member of the Conservative Party so I tend to vote blue in elections, I've been out campaigning in the last few as well.

My dad tends to change between the tories or the liberal depending on issues (voting Labour is just wrong in my part of the country). So some time we do agree, some times we don't depending if he votes Conservative or not.

 

[[zonking great]]

Nope. My dad votes left wing. I vote right wing.

 

[Floppertje]

... I am actually not sure what my dad votes. my mom is one of those spiritual types, so she usually votes for some small party she identifies with that doesn't stand a chance in hell to acutally win anything. I think I did vote for them during the last local elections though, but only because I was moving to another town and voting in my home town would have no effect on me a month later when I moved, so I thought I'd show my mom some support

 

[sinterklaas]

I listen to what my father has to say about voting because he's intelligent enough to know what he's talking about. I always take his vote and opinion into account.

I also firmly believe that if you do not vote, you have no right to complain about anything the government does.

 

[Dr. Crawver]

no, like fuck would I vote tory. My family from my mums side were coal miners, and I actually agree with marxism. No way would I have ever voted for that slimey git cameron

 

[Zack Alklazaris]

I choose my own vote and my own vote only. If my own wife picked the opposite oh what I was going to vote I would still vote. No one should cause you to change who you want in office.

 

[Soods]

Hell no! My father votes for nationalistic right wing extremists, while I vote for pretty much the opposite.

 

[Ris]

I don't get why you ask about Fathers specifically.

I don't think he votes. Sometimes my Mother and I vote the same, but I don't have loyalty to any particular party so that was bound to happen at some point.

 

[evenest]

Just a quick social experiment. Each boat has a bomb

Do you vote for the same party as your father? You don't have to say which party or why you do it, I'm just looking for yes or no answers.

You might add a "sometimes" option for people who vote for the individual that they consider the best candidate at the time.

For instance, I initially voted for GHWB for his first term (which was in alignment with my dad); however, after four years of watching him closely, I voted for a different candidate when he was up for reelection (though I am fairly certain my father voted for him again).