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Romney won the married people vote

Posted: Nov 12, 2012

Hmmmm....that suggests to me that when people grow up, get married, have a family, they see life from a conservative standpoint--work hard, pay taxes, etc. When they were younger they might have been living for the moment and voted accordingly. IMHO.;

Not this one. - RC

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Nor my husband's.

He won mine, and my husand, and my brother and his wife, and his sister and husband - and my sister and on and on and on

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We're not the only ones who voted for him. I'd like to know what your post adds to the original topic being discussed. Romney won overwhelmingly with married couples. He even won the vote of my friends who are gay and a lot of their friends. He actually won more votes.

Get it? No I didn't think so.

Wow, you're punchy. - RC

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:)

PS--in what world did Romney win more votes?

Same here. nm. - And we are both registered Republicans.

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This married for 25+ year white couple voted Obama. NM - anon

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Bummer - -

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Can't compete with Santa Claus.

I'm married, and Romney didn't get my vote. - Former Republican

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He didn't get my husband's either.

Unsurprisingly, I see it differently. - grits

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I like to think that when some people grow up, get married, and get comfortable, they become more mellow and less uptight about what other people are doing.

When people have a family to support - -

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their view on life becomes long-term, not "what's in it for me today?" It's more focused on supporting their family the best way they can. There's a certain pride in hard work and taking responsibility that's missing in the lives of those whose lifestyle is government handouts. That's human nature.

Evidently you're buying into the right-wing narrative... - anon

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...that those who aren't of the conservative persuasion are sitting around on their bums with their hands out. I know this is hard to wrap your head around, but I and millions of other moderates and liberals do take pride in hard work and don't take government handouts. Lots of us even have families (gasp!). We just don't buy into a party that doesn't care about the middle class, women, and minorities.

Exactly. I think this exchange highlights the differences pretty well. - grits

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There will always be people with less, due to a variety of circumstances. Either you see yourself as their victim (your taxes are spent support them) or as their neighbor (your taxes are spent for the necessities of civilized life).

That's simplistic and broad-brush (and duh, the system needs work), but I choose the latter view.

Romney won the married vote, but... - Rainwoman

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Romney won in the states with the lowest proportion of college grads and the highest proportion of people not paying taxes (the 47% he so arrogantly derided.) So something other than "growing up" was in play here. People naive enough to believe his ads maybe?
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/where-do-the-47-percent-live/
http://thinkprogress.org/education/2012/11/09/1170241/obama-education-2012/

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