Reply #32: I'm Sticking With the Union [View All]

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My dad and most of his brothers were union members in Pennsylvania. I learned at age 10 that rich people vote for republicans and working people vote for democrats. In 1960, at age 10, my dad (who was not the most tolerant of people I must admit) explained that he was voting for JFK, even though he was Catholic, because of union endorsement.

I have never voted for a republican.

Later, the Vietnam War experience, Watergate, etc. moved me farther to the left. Counter to prevailing wisdom, I think many people my age have not become more conservative as they got older; in fact the reverse may be true.