Bumped into a high school friend for the first time in 30 years.

[mollie8]

33. maybe...

I think a lot of it is they are willing to let someone else think for them. Both my brothers-in-law are conservative and my sisters go right along with them although we grew up with Dem values. Some of it is the way a person's brain works, determining whether they are conservative or liberal. I have an aunt who hates Trump, but her children are Trumpers. I thought sure she'd vote Dem. She hardly ever leaves her house so I offered to go with her to vote. She said she'd decided both sides were alike and her vote wouldn't make any difference. I asked her why she thought that and she said she'd been talking to her daughter, getting mailers, and watching TV. That was disappointing. I used to argue with my sons who are Trumpers but we finally decided we wanted to keep our relationship, I love them both dearly, so we rarely talk politics any more.