Politics of your grandparents (and before them)?

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

None voted here, though my paternal grandparents became us citizens in their final years. Both generally favored the big left wing party back in the homeland, and if they were alive today, they would hate Trump and would be solid democrats. As for my maternal grandparents, they were not interested in politics back in their homeland, but were DeJure communist party members.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

My paternal grandfather was very anti-Peronist in his youth, even having a role in the Revolucion Libertadora coup, he got a lot closer to Perón in his third presidency. He was mainly an opportunist in most aspects of his life, including his politics.

I don't know much about the politics of my other grandparents

[darklordoftech]

Grandfather (Mom's side): When he was working, he voted Republican because he feared that the Democrats would raise his taxes and make him pay his workers more. Once he retired, he voted Democrat because he feared that the Republicans would take away his Social Security and Medicare. He was extremely critical of Reagan, Dubya, and the Iraq War, as well as of Nader, both for his criticisms of cars and for spoiling the 2000 election.

Grandmother (mom's side): Anti-war, pro-choice, lifelong Democrat

[Attempting Life]

A brief overview of my family:

Paternal Grandmother: Used to be a Democrat in the 60s up until the 80s or 90s. My grandmother and grandfather used to know and campaign for Dukakis actually. She’s now an independent and I want to say she switched sometime during the Clinton administration. I don’t know if she voted for Bush but I know she viewed Obama as a weak president. She (barely) voted for Trump, and has come to regret it and she even said he’s the worst president she’s ever seen. She’s socially Democratic but economically Republican. She’ll probably vote democrat in 2020.

Paternal Grandfather: Basically a swing voter. He’s socially conservative. He used to be independent but he seems to be conservative as of late. He isn’t a political person. He has stated that JFK was the best president but he said his favorite was Eisenhower. “I Like Ike.”

Maternal Grandmother: Hardcore Democrat who loathes Trump. I believe she has always voted democratic but I’m unsure. She was a big Hillary Clinton supporter.

Maternal Grandfather: Unsure but I believe he’s a Republican.

Father: Socially and economically conservative. Hates Clinton, Dubya, and Obama, and he voted for Trump. His favorite president is Reagan. He views politicians as corrupt and seems to like the “non-politician” president.

Mother: HARDCORE conservative. Massive Trump supporter, hates democrats. Suprisingly likes Jimmy Carter but she’s rather religious so maybe that could be the reason. Is a proud Trump 2020 supporter.

Me: As liberal as they come. Will proudly vote for the Democratic nominee in 2020. I’m a progressive and I was a Bernie Sanders supporter in the primaries but I gladly got behind Hillary during the end of the primaries.

My siblings: I have 6 siblings. 3 older sisters and 3 younger brothers. As far as I know only 1 of my older sisters is a democrat/independent. The rest are all Trump supporters.

[CatoMinor]

Paternal grandparents are both 1st generation German-American farmer Republicans in Iowa. My great Grandfather immigrated to the U.S. was a baby with his parents in the 1890's who before then all I know were subjects of the King of Hanover then The German Kaiser.

My maternal grandparents are labor democrats. My Grandpa was actually a Democratic mayor of a small Iowa city (Jesup) in the 80's elected at the same time as his Republican twin brother was elected mayor of another Iowa city (Independence). Before then My Great Grandfather I can only assume was a traditional southern Democrat from East Texas who died in the 30's leaving several of his 8 children to be raised in an orphanage. When my Grandpa and my Great Uncle were old enough they traveled up to Iowa as laborers and eventually began to work for John Deer where they would become community leaders from there.

[Small L]

Paternal grandfather: Southern Democrat who came from a long line of other Southern Democrats. His mother was against women's suffrage and thought Lincoln was the devil incarnate. He voted Republican in presidential politics from 1964 until his death. In 68' he liked Wallace but voted for Nixon for strategic reasons. His favorite president of all time was FDR.

Paternal grandmother: Always voted Republican. Her father (who I doubt had much influence on her politically) was a HUGE fan of Huey Long/Charles Coughlin type nonsense.

Maternal grandparents: Not positive, but I'm pretty sure they have always been establishment-voting Republicans.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

My grandparents have always been pretty independent in their politics.  My grandma probably was a nominal Democrat for most of my early childhood, but only nominal: she seemed to go back and forth between parties and on at least one occasion voted for the candidate she saw as the lesser of two evils (which I believe was Nixon in 1968 and 72.)  She didn't trust Nixon to be honest even before Watergate.  Her first vote for president was for JFK, and she voted for LBJ four years later.  She voted for Carter over Michigan's favorite son Ford in 1976 and again over Reagan in 1980 (she couldn't see Reagan as anything but a cowboy actor and thus believed he was unfit to be president, but she ended up voting for him the second time against Mondale.)  I don't know much about how she voted after that until 2004, and she's voted GOP for president in every election since Bush 2 won his second term.  I got her into watching Fox News during the 2008 campaign, and I regret that to this day, as she was rabidly pro-Trump in 2016 (and still is).  Of course, a lot of that probably has to do with the fact that she saw Hillary as dishonest (as did I) and thought the other candidates were unfairly picking on The Donald (she especially hates John Kasich, who she thinks is mentally ill).  It almost makes me want to watch that documentary The Brainwashing of My Father, except that I know that film is probably just a bunch of left-wing propaganda that ignores the fact that the news media as a whole (both right and left) are guilty of this.

I never knew my grandfather, so everything I know about him is secondhand.  He was a Canadian immigrant, and though I don't know when he was naturalized, he was a citizen by the time he married my grandma.  I'm fairly certain he voted for Nixon over McGovern in 1972, but otherwise I can't say anything for sure.  My mom has told me that he liked Goldwater and Humphrey (though she was only two when Goldwater ran against LBJ and six when Humphrey lost to Nixon), but one of my aunts has told me that she thinks he may have voted for Ford and for Reagan over Carter--he thought Carter was a good man, but not a good president (and in my estimation, he was right.)  This same aunt, however, has told me that he voted for JFK in 1960 and for Nixon after that.  The only thing I can say for sure is that as independent and swingy as my grandma's voting has been, his was even more so.

[Mr. Illini]

Maternal Grandfather: Was a lifelong business Republican. Came from nothing and did well for himself. Relatively socially conservative as well, though he was a devout Catholic, so not the evangelical brand. Loved Reagan and his "grand old party."

Maternal Grandmother: Used to be more moderate and independent but has become more conservative and Republican with age. Voted for Kennedy in 1960 and loves the Kennedys because she is Irish. Also voted for Clinton in 1996. At this point she'd really never vote for a Democrat. She still leans toward more moderate candidates in GOP primaries, though. Voted Kasich in 2016.

Paternal Grandfather: I never met him, but know that he was involved with his union and likely a solid New Deal Democrat. Not sympathetic to the movement of the 60s, though.

Paternal Grandmother: Big time New Deal Dem. Still votes straight Democrat on every ballot I believe. Leans toward more blue-dog candidates in primaries like Edwards and voted for Clinton in 08. Probably voted for Clinton again in the 2016 primary, though.

[TJ in Oregon]

Maternal grandmother: New Deal Democrat from a blue collar background in industrial northern Ohio. Her father was fired his factory job during the Great Depression for being Catholic by his manager who was a Mason, interestingly enough. My grandmother, I think, always saw the Republicans as a sort of distant managerial class and herself remained a Democrat and a poll worker for the Democrats for the rest of her life. She was never a liberal though, and often voted for the Republicans for federal offices during the 80s and 90s. She was always very involved in local community-type events and could practically tell you who lived in about half the houses in town 50 years ago.

Maternal Grandfather: He was the son of German (his mother) and Hungarian (his father) immigrants who never learned English. He worked for many years as a carpenter and then as a auto plant assembly line worker. While he died before I was born so I don't have as good an understanding of his views, I was told that he was always a Republican.

Paternal Grandmother: Daughter of German/Irish Catholic family who owned a small business. Went to college, which is probably unusual for a woman of her age. She's always been a Republican and a very conservative one at that, especially on social issues. I more or less adopted her social views although I'm a lot less confrontational.

Paternal Grandfather: Son of English/German/Dutch/Italian/basically everything in Europe farmers in rural northern Ohio. Fought in WWII and used his GI money to get an engineering degree. He was raised a New Deal Democrat but evolved into a pretty standard Republican by the 1960s.

[TheSaint250]

Paternal grandparents have been voting Republican since after they came to the US, and maternal grandparents have been voting Republican since they turned 18 (born in the US).

[Catholics vs. Convicts]

My maternal grandparents were loyal Catholic New Deal Democrats (taking after their immigrant parents), until they broke for Nixon somewhere between '68 & '72. Then I believe they were pretty solidly Republican until their deaths in 2012 and 2015. We are pretty sure they would have supported/voted for trump, but they still were no fans of Clinton.

I don't know much about my paternal grandparents' politics (they died in 1990 & 1997), except that for some reason they voted for Goldwater here in Illinois in 1964. My dad isn't really sure what that was about, but it also seems like they may have been swing voters in their later years.

[Pouring Rain and Blairing Music]

Paternal grandmother was a Democrat while my paternal grandfather was a Republican.

My maternal grandfather didn't talk much about politics, but we did find a "I want Roosevelt again" button in his drawer. My maternal grandmother was fairly conservative to my knowledge, but she left the 2016 presidential ballot line blank.

[fhtagn]

My maternal grandfather is a Republican. He's one of those "don't get him talking about politics at the dinner table" folks. I'm pretty sure he reluctantly voted for Trump but I know he didn't like him. From our few conversations, he was a Ben Carson supporter during the primaries.

My maternal grandmother doesn't talk about politics.

My paternal grandparents are both Democrats.

[Mr. Smith]

Paternal Granddad: Probably Democratic, but I dunno for sure, everything I know of him is utterly secondhand.

Paternal Grandma: Democratic, of the Northern Yankee kind.

Maternal Grandparents: Republican, as can be expected of most Mormons.

[YE]

Paternal grandfather was a third generation Italian Roman Catholic who lived in a Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn NY. Surprisingly enough both him and his father was Republicans (although his mother was probably a Dem) who ran a garbage business. May have been more open to Democrats pre-1980, but otherwise straight ticket R voter who voted for Sharron Angle in 2010, but was in general a moderate GOPer (pro-gun control and not racist, protectionist, would flip flop on taxes, although he fell for the Reagan cool aid on welfare. I should note that despite being a millionaire, the guy wasn't well educated and didn't even finish high school). Did like Bill Clinton however and supported Hillary Clinton pre-email scandal. Liked Cruz and Sanders in 2016 and despises Trump. Likely abstained in 2016. Died in June 2017.

Paternal grandmother: Was generally apolitical. Was born in Greece although her parents were born in NYC. Probably had similar views to my grandfather's maybe a little more left leaning. Her parents were probably left leaning given that they were first generation immigrants from Greece.

Maternal grandfather: Worked at Kentucky as a political scientist. Was a Civil Rights activist at FSU in the late 1950's, and grew up in Florida. Held quite progressive social views for his time and economic views, though I wouldn't describe him as far left. Straight ticket D voter. Supported Clinton in 2016 in the primary, not sure who else before although one day I'll ask.

Maternal grandmother: Aside from the poli sci bit, pretty similar background to my grandfather. Supported Sanders in 2016 in the primary.

Mother: Socially and economically liberal Democrat, although religious but quite accepting of the fact I'm an atheist. Was raised in Kentucky, then moved to New York City. College grad although she basically has a desk job at a university. Clinton 2016 primary voter, supported Obama in 08, and Jesse Jackson in the 1980s. Willing to bet cash money she's gonna vote for Gillibrand.   

Father: Political non-voter. Left-libertarian type who today if raised in the generation I did, would consider himself agnostic. Worked as an assistant in an operating room for 17 years and then worked for his dad on a used car dealership after he moved out here. Saved his money, retired at 53, and paid for my out of state college. Stock market investor who thought Bernie Sanders wouldn't deliver on his promises, and thought of him as a whiny yeller and believed in incrementalism. Anti-Trump and pretty critical of his generation's support for him (he was born in 1960 in Brooklyn NY). Massively anti-gun and honestly am too scared to tell him my true stance on guns.

Relatives: On my mom's side, my uncle is 100% the type of person who voted for Trump (white, 50 years old, softball coach, landscaper, non-college educated, lives in Kentucky) but despises him. Aunt is an amateur painter so if I had to guess left leaning but she's basically anti-social. On my dad's side, no immediate aunts or uncles, although all of my relatives on my dad's side are wealthy, white, educated, and live in Brooklyn, NY. So they are Democrats.

On a side note, is my family the most ancestrally Democratic of all of Atlas? Seems like it.

[Skunk]

My maternal grandparents were definitely Republicans (lived in a small town in Southwestern Missouri in a county that hasn't voted Democratic since 1932). My paternal grandmother was definitely a Republican too, but I'm not sure about my grandfather. Didn't really get to know him but I'd guess perhaps a Democratic conservative that started voting Republican around Reagan or so.

[Senator Spark]

Maternal Grandmother: Lifelong Dem later became R and voted Trump
Maternal Grandfather: Hardcore R who voted Trump and always votes party line
Paternal Grandfather: No affiliation since he came from Italy in 1965
Paternal Grandmother: Strongly Dem