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7. People largely get their political/ideological identity from their parents.

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Tue Oct 6, 2015, 10:42 AM

Oct 2015

So, the same parents that raise Republican boys will generally raise Republican girls.

Of course, men and women grow up with different experiences and wind up viewing the world in a different way, so for a certain percentage that's enough to overcome the parental/upbringing influence.

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***HOF thread*** Why do a large minority of women vote Republican? [View all] YoungDemCA Oct 2015 OP

Most of the GOP women I know married GOP men Warpy Oct 2015 #1

Rutgers Eagleton will have some data on that. In a Women In Politics course... TheBlackAdder Oct 2015 #2

Self-loathing. Starry Messenger Oct 2015 #3

Interesting thread... BooScout Oct 2015 #4

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2015 #5

It seems to be anecdotal... Phentex Oct 2015 #6

People largely get their political/ideological identity from their parents. geek tragedy Oct 2015 #7

it's indoctrination- same thought goes in as what sports team to support for many. People like to bettyellen Oct 2015 #8