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[H. Ross Peron]

Depends on the political views in question, especially because most people in my family never cared much about politics.  My mom is moderate to liberal on most issues but considers herself an independent.  She voted for President Obama twice (the only person I know of in my immediate family who ever voted for him) and talks like a liberal.  But she seems rather respectful of my right-leaning views anyway.  (I'm an anomaly in that my views are actually more conservative than hers.)  She never formally identified with any political party, but I know she worked for Dukakis in 1988.

Most others in my immediate family consider themselves independent but seem to lean Republican, which is quite a reversal of where they were 10-15 years ago.  When I was born, most of them were independents but, in all likelihood, leaned Democrat.  One of my aunts (with whom I am very close) was a VERY liberal Democrat for most of her youth, probably even more liberal than I am conservative.  She's told me before how she supported democratic socialism, along with organizations like PETA and Greenpeace.  She voted Democrat in every presidential election from Mondale in 1984 (her first presidential vote) all the way through Gore in 2000.  Since then, however, her views have become more conservative, and she's voted for the GOP in every presidential contest since then, starting with Bush in 2004. 

[H. Ross Peron]

Trolling aside, I think Chuck Todd should replace him, and Luke Russert should take over the "Daily Rundown."

[H. Ross Peron]

I'll do Canada.

1896: Tories lose their dominance in Quebec over the French schools question.

1921: The Progressive party places 2nd in response to Western alienation over tarrifs, government aid etc.. Two-party system is gone forever.

1935: Social Credit and the CCF emerge as socon and socialist responses to the Great Depression.

1958, 1962: Social Credit begins winning seats in Quebec. The Western/Anglo Socreds replaced by the Tories. The NDP contests their first election in 1962.

1984: Mulroney wins a landslide with a broad base including Western populists, Eastern establishment types and Quebec nationalists

1993: Mulroney coalition implodes as populist and French nationalist wings become Reform and Bloc Quebecois respectively.

2004: Progressive Conservatives and Reform merge. NDP shut out of Sasketchewan indicating that their prairie roots are waning.

2011: NDP sweeps Quebec. Liberal coalition cut down to trendy urban areas, English Montreal, and parts of Atlantic Canada.

I consider Canadian politics to be the most interesting in the Anglosphere.

A very informative post for an American.

[H. Ross Peron]

#Sandersat5
#Sandersmentum
#HillaryJustBarelyAbove50
#2008Redux!!!!!
#DraftWarren
#DemsHateHillary
#NoHomeStateAdvantage

[H. Ross Peron]

In context:

still a mild FF in my book