Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Stereotypes for the election year

Usually when I meet someone and the conversation turns to politics, people assume I'm a Democrat, or at least liberal. Even people I've known well for years often think this, now that I think back on past conversations. But why?

I'm an evangelical Christian housewife who lives in Alabama.

I'd think those labels alone would make a person think I'm a Republican, or at least conservative. Must be that I'm just not a victim of stereotyping in this area.

But what is it that makes people think I lean left, anyway? The topic has come up too many times for it to just be coincidence, I would think.

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