S/O Do you have Republican friends?

[downtoearth]

Ok, we all know that you're not racist if you have 2 black friends, so fill in the poll based on your IRL #'s...

I'm not biased in politics because I have ____ Republican friends/family members that I still talk to routinely.
 
ETA - I suck at polls - I wanted to edit and it won't let me.

[josieposy]

Aug 8, 2014 12:01:13 GMT -5 downtoearth said:

Ok, we all know that you're not racist if you have 2 black friends, so fill in the poll based on your IRL #'s...

I'm not biased in politics because I have ____ Republican friends/family members that I still talk to routinely.
 

I went to high school in SD. I need a calculator for this.

ETA: SD meaning South Dakota not San Diego.

[irishbride2]

I honestly don't know. It's probably split down the middle but most of my friends are moderates on general. Not all but most. I picked 25-50 but I don't know. Most people I know are socially liberal or socially moderate though .

[pixy0stix]

Do the ones on this board count?

[Deleted]

Dude, this poll hurts my feelings!

#consstillposthere

[ajj]

I don't know exactly how many, but the majority are due to where I live.

[downtoearth]

Aug 8, 2014 12:03:46 GMT -5 @helenabonhamcarter said:

Dude, this poll hurts my feelings!

#consstillposthere

But the cons on here are not political elitists like the rest of us. 

[cattledogkisses]

I have many friends and family members who are Rs.

H is an R, although he's so tired of our governor's shenanigans that he told me he's voting D in our gubernatorial election.

[Velar Fricative]

Aug 8, 2014 12:03:46 GMT -5 @helenabonhamcarter said:

Dude, this poll hurts my feelings!

#consstillposthere

Are you friends with yourself?

[lasagnasshole]

If I say no, y4m will never make crabs for me again.

[EllieArroway]

I am from Texas and live in Arkansas. My list of liberal friends/family members/acquaintances is much shorter. If I refused to speak to Republicans there would probably be days I didn't talk at all.

[wanderlustfoodie]

I'm probably in the 5-15 camp. I'm not counting all the people I knew growing up in OC, CA who claim they're Republican because oh-my-god-I-can't-believe-I-have-to-pay-taxes-in-this-country. What's so funny is that my parents were so liberal that I didn't even realize Orange County was conservative until I moved away and people assumed I was one. ::Blinders::

[mlt]

I voted 2-5, but to be fair, I didn't know they were Republican when I first became friends with them.

[Kore]

Aug 8, 2014 12:06:44 GMT -5 EllieArroway said:

I am from Texas and live in Arkansas. My list of liberal friends/family members/acquaintances is much shorter. If I refused to speak to Republicans there would probably be days I didn't talk at all.

Same

[Velar Fricative]

5-15 sounds about right for friends and family I speak to on a regular basis.

I also married a Republican, does that get me extra brownie points?

[zelda25]

My "work husband" is a conservative Mormon. I'm a liberal atheist. We still manage to like each other and can even talk about "stuff" without wanting to kill each other. I know it's a pretty rare dynamic, and I appreciate it.

[msmerymac]

If we count family, then I'm in the 5-15 range.

[StrawberryBlondie]

I grew up near Fargo. My close repub friends are probably in the 2-5 range, but when you factor in family and acquaintances, its much much higher.

[downtoearth]

Aug 8, 2014 12:09:07 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

5-15 sounds about right for friends and family I speak to on a regular basis.

I also married a Republican, does that get me extra brownie points?

LOL - Only if he also makes brownies for you. 

[Deleted]

Probably half. The majority of which originate from my hometown in SW Missouri. However, a couple of friends I'd consider the most passionate and committed liberals are from there as well.

I'd LIKE to see more independents in my circle of friends. There are a handful, though.

[AJL]

I have a handful of Republican friends. They're not obnoxious though. My bleeding heart liberal friends are far more annoying. My dad is a cantankerous Libertarian mostly to annoy my bleeding heart liberal sister.

[Velar Fricative]

Aug 8, 2014 12:08:25 GMT -5 mlt said:

I voted 2-5, but to be fair, I didn't know they were Republican when I first became friends with them.

In case iammalcolmx isn't around, I'll jump in and say THEY GONNA GET YOU...

[meshaliuknits]

I legitimately don't know. I can tell you their tastes in food, clothing, movies, books, sports, music, men and detail out personal quirks, but we don't generally talk politics or religion.

[Deleted]

Aug 8, 2014 12:05:20 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Aug 8, 2014 12:03:46 GMT -5 @helenabonhamcarter said:

Dude, this poll hurts my feelings!

#consstillposthere

Are you friends with yourself?

Meh. She's kind of an earth hating bitch.

[Alyssa]

I have some family members who love Rush Limbaugh and share Fox news articles on FB.

I have some friends who are liberal but also love their guns and are very protective over their rights to own....so they are somewhere in the middle.

[BAMFMrsB]

I grew up in GA. My BFF is hard core. Her dad (growing up) had a framed photo of Newt Gingrich in his home office.



It goes with the territory.

[y4m]

Aug 8, 2014 12:06:44 GMT -5 EllieArroway said:

I am from Texas and live in Arkansas. My list of liberal friends/family members/acquaintances is much shorter. If I refused to speak to Republicans there would probably be days I didn't talk at all.

This is how my life would be if I refused to speak to liberals!

..not that there's a poll answer for that!

[ESF]

Not really.

I have spent my entire life in places that are predominately liberal. Most of my family is liberal. Where I live now, it's just assumed you are liberal, and people will frequently just comment on politics to me knowing nothing about me.

There were no Republicans at my college because it was in Canada. My best friend from college married a Republican and if we lived in the same city, I'd probably know him better.

My law school was very liberal, but my best friend from there was Republican. Though, judging by her facebook statuses over the last few years, she is no longer.

There are no Republicans in my line of work, nor my husband's line of work.

I don't know where I'd meet any.

[debatethis]

I'm the lone dem in a sea of REALLY red. My parents/ILs are tea partiers, I went to a Pentecostal college, BFF used to work for a conservative GOP Senator, three friends work for Heritage Foundation/Heritage Action and one of them is married to a former policy director for the house republican conference.

Suffice it to say that I don't read my news feed on FB much.

[darthnbjenni]

I live in SC. I know about 2 very far left liberal people like myself IRL. Most of my liberal friends are from message boards. I'd say the majority of people I know recognize themselves as Republican (including my husband), and a good chunk as very conservative evangelical types.