Oh for sure they do.

The pressure from parents was definitely a huge thing for me. When I turned 18 and registered to vote, I initially registered as an Independent, because I didn’t think I wanted to be a Republican, but knew if I registered Dem my dad would either tease me about being a naive liberal or for some reason be disappointed.

Growing up in a Republican household, this was exactly my situation. I was taught certain things were true, that a certain outlook on the world was the best outlook, and I did want my dad to think well of me. As a child that is influential and some of those concepts still linger.

Where you grow up will have a huge influence on your political views. The internet and leaving your parents house will change the way you think, but those first years of your environment are hard to overcome. If your parents listen to conservative talk radio all the time and only watch Fox News and everyone else’s…

Yes, absolutely true for me, and for other women I know in similar situations. That’s part of the “leaving quietly” thing. And I might get flack for it here (“be loud! You’re part of the problem!” Etc) but y’all don’t know my life and I do what I can to try to change the minds of the people around me a little bit at a…

I wonder sometimes if they (previously you?) felt pressure from their dads? Or husbands? or whomever to follow the GOP even though they have so many anti woman policies? And not pressure like “YOU MUST OBEY ME!” but pressure like I don’t want to let him down by disagreeing? I just know that my dad is republican and…

Same with people of color who go to Trump’s rallies to support him and are shocked they’re distrusted and attacked: I’m supposed to feel bad that you’re so naive or stupid that you think you can support a racist and not have it blow up in your face? I can’t deal with that kind of cognitive dissonance.

Female ex-GOP here. When it’s how your entire worldview is informed from birth, “brain damaged” maybe isn’t quite as accurate as “brainwashed”.

I absolutely will not. How dare you.

Why is everyone so afraid of Ted Cruz? I don’t get it. He’s a great guy! Fantastic even. He’s going to make all of our dreams come true! Seriously, guys. All you have to do is sign one eeensy weensy contract. I have it right here actually. You don’t REALLY need to read the whole thing, do you? It’s pretty standard…

Charismatic, no. Talented, no. Unique, almost certainly.

What’s next? Someone puts a strip club in the Times Square area?

Add making me side with Fox News to the reasons I hate Donald Trump.

I would argue that the current push for charter schools is because a lot of Americans don’t like the public school system. 1) because they don’t want to pay for other people’s kids 2) the money from special interests means they get to control exactly what each kid learns. It doesn’t seem as though education is held as…

This lady must not know who the hell is holding US Treasury securities.

Our own lil Kim Jung-Un Trump.

Katherine Douglas, a 65-year-old Trump supporter in Florida, told Reuters that she like his unpredictability. “He’s going to put other world leaders on edge,” Douglas said.