Anchorman (the user, not the movie!) got me to thinking.  I wonder how many people's political beliefs have changed.


I know mine have.  Growing up (as hard as it may be to believe for some) I was a Far Right Republican who believed everything wrong with this country could be fixed by letting Ronald Reagan run for President again.  I was pretty far to the right both socially and economically.  


Around the time I moved out and started college, my social beliefs started moving left.  My wife certainly influenced my politics some.  She always believed that everyone should be able to have healthcare.  She become a teacher because she felt the best way to do that was to help students attain the skills they needed to get a good job.  That's when I started moving to the left on social issues, and a little to the left on economic issues as well.


Now (in many ways because of my kids) I'm more aligned with the green party than anyone else.  My political views have totally evolved.. I'm about the opposite of where I was when I was growing up.  Has anyone else changed their political beliefs so much?  Or have you stayed mostly the same?


If not political ideology entirely, what about individual issues? Any issues you've turned around on?

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