Was your household divided?

[lemondrop]

Mine wasn't, but I just found out on FB that my cousin was pro-Obama. Her H was one of the pro-Romney's that I HAD to block. I think I posted here that he was the one sharing the "If you voted Obama in 2008 to prove you weren't a racist, vote Romney in 2012 to prove you aren't an idiot. "

Everything he shared was offensive and insulting. I COULD not live in a household like that. I think I'm partly surprised because it just seems like in general two people who marry would hold similar beliefs (not the exact same, but not THIS different).

[speckledfrog]

Nope. United we stand

[aliciar6]

no, we both voted the same, but on some issues we disagree

[polka]

Nope

[juliagoulia]

For President, no, but H and I voted differently on almost everything else on the ballot.

[lemondrop]

Without completely discussing it, DH and I voted the same on President and Amendments. He didn't vote for the others because he didn't know anything about them. Well, we've been talking about Obama for five years, so that was a given.

[nahoku]

We voted for different presidential candidates (he went libertarian, I voted for Obama) and we also disagreed on the voter id amendment.

[lightbulbsun]

We voted the same for president, but not for house and senate. H voted 3rd party and I did not.

[Bernadine]

J and I voted for Obama. He lives in PA, but we agreed on most of the MD referendums.

My parents didn't vote, but dad would have voted for Obama. Mom was undecided. Middle sister didn't vote, youngest voted for Obama.

[Kit]

No, thankfully.

[imoan]

Yes... the imoan household is a democrat (me)/republican(H) household. Last election it was really stressful. This year... we just kind of didn't talk about it and did our own things.

[mrsjuleshs]

DH won't tell me who he voted for but I think we are divided. He has come a long way in his views but we still have a ways to go.

[alzi]

Nope. I couldn't imagine being divided on such polarizing issues.

[VeryViolet]

Nov 7, 2012 11:38:16 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

No, we're both dyed-in-the-wool liberals. I posted "Yes" on FB after they announced Obama won re-election, and my sister responded, "NO. WE ARE NOT A DEMOCRAT FAMILY." I'm not sure what family she thinks she was raised in. lol. I wrote back, "This branch is."

LOL That is great.

DH and I voted the same and I can't imagine living in a house where we didn't agree on that. I was actually really proud of my dad in MD. He is a pretty far right Republican but he voted for the Dream Act (in state tuition for the children of illegal immigrants) and for Gay Marriage. I was so happy I didn't care about him voting for Romney because it wasn't like Maryland was in question.

[lemondrop]

Nov 7, 2012 11:39:12 GMT -5 imoan said:

Yes... the imoan household is a democrat (me)/republican(H) household. Last election it was really stressful. This year... we just kind of didn't talk about it and did our own things.

I can not believe you were able to keep your opinions to yourself. I yell at the TV all the time, we would not be married if we had differed.

I was VERY proud of my DH a couple weeks ago when he said he supported gay marriage. It was so out of the blue and his reasoning was spot on: Why not?

[rupertpenny]

My H and I generally agree about political stuff (although not everything) but we have very different priorities when it comes to which issues we care about more.

[ElizabethBennet]

We both voted pretty much the same on everything.

[OHMBLEEGOHHHHH!]

Jason leans much more Libertarian than I, but we both voted Democrat.

[circa1978]

No. I live in a liberal bubble, along with my husband, my parents and in-laws, and our brother and sisters. Even our toddler said Obama this morning.

[broc]

I'm a liberal, H is a libertarian. We tend to agree on the issues but not on the solutions, if that makes sense. And we agree on the black & white issues (eg, there's no half a gay marriage... we're both for).

but, if he made blanket statements, like how people who voted for Obama are idiots, we'd have an issue.

[Deleted]

nope. we're both liberal to the max.

[looseseal]

My H didn't vote so that his vote wouldn't cancel mine out, he said. So, I'm not sure how set he was on his thoughts. He's typically more decisive (and in line with me), I was surprised this year.

[rex]

Nope.

[Deleted]

Even though I could probably guess, we don't ask who the other person voted for.

[luckyval]

I think my MIL and step-FIL were the only ones supporting Romney. My family is stauchly liberal and DH loves them for it.

step-FIL gave me an Obama bobble head this summer (I call him my O-bobble head) as a joke.

I, in turn, have bought him a Biden beer koozie that says "Cheers Champ" that I will enjoy giving him for Christmas

[litebright]

Sort of. Not for president, but for some of the state issues, yes, we voted differently.

I voted yes on legalization. DH didn't -- he wants it to be legalized at the federal level because of the mess that it is in terms of business operations, attracting employers to the state, etc.

And to be fair, it is a mess. Dispensaries cannot find banks who will deal with them because of the fear of federal prosecution, so it's very difficult for them to operate other than cash-only, which hurts their legitimacy, IMO. There are big legal questions about how employers will deal with workplace testing, whether or not it's legal to be high while working, etc.

But I'm in favor of legalization, so I voted yes. I think that if there is enough pressure that reaches critical mass from individual states, there may be reconsideration at the federal level.

[nahoku]

My parents usually agree on everything (well, when it comes to voting, not everything everything), but on the occasions that they don't, my dad always defers and votes the way my mom is voting b/c he doesn't like their votes to cancel out.

[imoan]

Nov 7, 2012 11:44:38 GMT -5 lemondrop said:

Nov 7, 2012 11:39:12 GMT -5 imoan said:

Yes... the imoan household is a democrat (me)/republican(H) household. Last election it was really stressful. This year... we just kind of didn't talk about it and did our own things.

I can not believe you were able to keep your opinions to yourself. I yell at the TV all the time, we would not be married if we had differed.

I actually kept myself away from a LOT of the election stuff this year because last time, I swear my blood pressure was through the roof. I could actually FEEL it (and I don't have high blood pressure). I was screaming and ranty and in general COMPLETELY exhausted by the end. I couldn't do that to myself this year. H watched the debates... I went upstairs. I know people think that means I didn't care... but my problem is that I care SOOOO much that I was actually making myself sick.

[anlo]

No. Same vote for president, but differing opinions on some issues like voter id. It would be a struggle for me to keep quiet if we disagreed on a lot of the bigger issues.

[fuckyourcouch]

I'm a registered independent, and so is H, but I lean so far left I'm pretty much horizontal. he leans left, but more libertarian i would say. we differ on a few issues, but none of the big ones, and we don't differ much.

i am honestly impressed by those of you in split households. i would not be able to do it.