I have A Hypothetical Question!

Lets face it. i practically live this question. I come from a family of staunch union Democrats and I'm a die hard Conservative republican. I guess the point is that i am conservative first. I have friends who believe much like me but are registered democrats. I even have a couple of family members like that. the problem is that i have a lot of family members who tow the party line no matter how insane it gets. that is something I could never support. My grandfather was active in local politics and even held office as a precinct committeeman several times. Most of his positions, at the time, in regard to local issues were beliefs i could support but a lot of the things he went along with later in life were diametrically opposed to my way of thinking. I suppose if my child were running for president I would be quite proud of his willingness to take a stand and would encourage him to stand firm for his beliefs. I would have no problem with his actions and would be proud of his accomplishments but, if the views he held as his campaign platform were opposed to mine I would not vote for him. I actually had a similar discussion with my sister. Following the family line she is a registered democrat but her views are more in line with the libertarians. I've pointed this out to her and encouraged her to investigate that party. she would still have to vote for people of other parties when their views aligned with hers and her party had no candidate in the race but that's nothing new. I live in a union town in NE Ohio and very few republicans run for local office. Even the Congressional race rarely has a GOP candidate. I look at the candidates available and vote for the one who best represents me.

I am a Dem and one of my sons is a Republican. If he was running for office I would support him, yes, unless his views went harshly against my own. I would be happy if he won, and very proud of him Would I change my party? No way, no how!

I would definitely vote for my son regardless of his party. I would be excited for him if he won the presidency and support him all the way. This may not be the fair way of doing things when it comes to a leader of our country but this is the way I would handle it. I would think his morals and values would be the same as ours and he would choose the same party as we chose but again I say if he ran for the opposite party, I would stand behind his decision.

I vote based upon who I believe is best for the job, not who is in my party. I have never voted straight ticket in any election. I would be happy if he won. I would support him because he is my son. If he is making decisions I don't agree with then I would approach him and talk to him. What better opportunity would I have than to have my son being the president.

I would be supportive of him as his mother, but that does not mean I would vote for him. I vote according to issues, not personalities and that would include my own family if it came to that, and they would know that. So I would know my son would understand that I may not be voting for him if he does not support the same issues I do.

Good question, and I honestly can't say forsure. I know my mother and I had different political views, and I learned very quickly to just not bring up politics around her. Actually I learned not to bring up politics with anyone I didn't know very well, because it can tend to start a brawl, lol. But I'm not the type of person to be swayed very easily unless I have an open mind to begin with, and as most people, when it comes to politics, I do not have an open mind. Most likely I would try to swade my son to see my views, and make the best argument I could. In the end though, I would support him, but not completely change my views.

Er...I don't have a son, but since this is hypothetical question: Yes I would support him, and no I wouldn't change my political party (I don't even have one and even if I did, its no big deal to me lol). I think it'd be awesome if he became President.

I love my sons. I don't always agree with them. I raised them to think for themselves and that means not necessarily agree with me. If one of my sons ran for President I would support his decision to do so. If he were to run a platform that was counter to my personal political beliefs I would vote for whoever was running that I supported. Loving my child has nothing to do with running the country.

I am in Independent and I could and would support my child if they ran for president. If their views were against mine I don't think that I would vote for them. I wouldn't go against my beliefs, my children at their young age know my political stands, and they also know that I would not comprimise my beliefs. I've spent my years teaching them to stand up for themselves and their beliefs I think I would defuse that if I voted for them and they didn't share my politicial views.

I don't like discussing politics as I was raised it is wrong. Political beliefs are personal!!! However, this is a political question that I can answer. I believe children should have their OWN mind guided by the parent. If my child ran for President under a different party, YES I would support him/her. I would be PROUD to say that's my child. I assume that I would need to change political parties to keep the press at bay. Obviously my child cannot change parties at that point. Even though everybody acts like there is a HUGE difference between the 2 parties, I find very little difference. They ALL tell you what they are gonna do for you & then do for themselves. They ALL tell you what they are NOT gonna do, then do it for themselves. They ALL lie, cheat & steal. My first job was on Capitol Hill. I have VERY LITTLE respect for politicians!!!

I'm a libertarian, so I don't subscribe to the red team/blue team mentality of the mainstream. I would not support the candidacy of anyone that I had ethical disagreements with.

I wouldn't vote for him. I would be supportive of his candidacy, but that isn't the same as voting for him. And I would hope he would understand, especially since he will be president. Some things are too important to leave to just what family someone is from. And what we vote for should be based on the effect that it will have on the country. Thats my opinion at least.