How important is it to you that your significant other votes in elections?

28 comments

1. Very. I wouldn’t want to share my life and future with someone who doesn’t care about theirs.

   Voting is mandatory where I live, but there’s still the option to vote blank. You’re gonna have to drive all the way to the polling station and stand in line anyway, it makes no sense to waste all that time and just let others decide for you.

2. It’s not at all important to me, I view choosing not to vote as a valid choice

3. I wouldn’t be interested in dating someone who didn’t care about politics enough to vote.

   That’s not to say I would break up with someone if they didn’t vote once because of extenuating circumstances (e.g. a family emergency on voting day), but I just have no interest in being intimate romantically or sexually with someone who is so privileged and/or ignorant as to think that voting isn’t important.

4. Extremely important. The results can have great effects on not only me, but all women and lgbt people. I need to know he is here for me, which he is, it’s why I married him.

5. Not that important. It’s not a dealbreaker or anything for me if they don’t.

6. Very.

7. no vote, no rockin the boat

8. It’s very important to me. Voting is a reflection of morals to a degree. Its also important for them to be reasonably politically informed. What we call democracy these days is bs, but you have to jump in and try to make that difference when you can.

9. Very. I prefer a partner who is politically aware, well-informed, and takes their vote seriously. While it’s fine to abstain from some votes for good reasons, being uninformed or choosing to abstain from voting in important elections would be problematic for me in a partner.

10. Very. I think people who don’t vote and then whine about political happenings are some of the worst kinds of idiots. If you didn’t have your say, don’t complain about not liking thw way it’s going. It’s also compulsory to vote where I am, so..

11. I was a shite film (imo) but I’ll vaguely paraphrase the line from Enola Holmes. In general those don’t vote or find politics to be boring to discuss is typically due to them having no interest in changing a world that suits them so well.

    Countless women/lgbt+/poc have fought (& in some places are still fighting) tooth & nail for the right to vote. Those who throw their vote away do them a great disrespect.

    The Ancient Greeks had 200 years of “democracy” (well if you were a true Greek and a male) and it was still stripped from them. It’s not enough to win/have the right to vote you have to continue to fight to keep your right to vote. Not voting is essentially gift wrapping & sending your vote to those with opposing beliefs/values from you.

    For me not voting = not having values/ethics.

    & honestly if you’re so privileged/stupid/selfish enough to not vote then you aren’t worth my time.

12. Very.
    A man without a brain or backbone is very unappealing.

13. Everyone should vote. Everyone.

14. Very. Historically, women have died in order for us to have the right to vote, I don’t think anyone should take that lightly. My significant other is also a woman, so it would be very strange to me if she didn’t care enough about politics to vote to ensure our right to marry, for example. The personal is political.

15. Very, I want a partner that uses their voice and attempts to change the world in a positive way. Voting is good for that.

16. Depends on the election, but generally being invested in the way our country is governed is important to me.

17. unless they vote republican, its not. i don’t support most politicians

18. I couldnt be with someone who didnt care enough about rights and be vigilant enough to vote to protect them

19. i’m just now realizing how important it is to me. started dating my bf in 2020 and he voted in the presidential but hasn’t voted since. i wasn’t too bothered about primaries and such but we live in florida so this is a pretty important election, and i’ve been very bothered by how unbothered he is

20. Very. If you don’t execute this important right, you’ll loose it. There are people who work to abandon a lot of rights and we can’t give them the power nor idea that we’ll be ok with this.

    Yes, there are often only bad choices, yes, it’s taking some effort, yes, you need to look up what’s on the menu… But it’s only every few years. You want to be a citizen? Then act like one! Even invalid votes/ blanks are important or the parties will make up convenient reasons for why people didn’t vote.

21. Imperative.

22. Very important…for me, the people we vote for is about morals and human rights.

23. It’s a dealbreaker for me. The state I live in has one of the easiest (if not the easiest) mail-in voting processes in the US. I have absolutely zero interest in dating people who are *that* lazy, apathetic or apolitical

24. It was important when we were just dating. Now that we’re married, it’s mandatory. “Vote” is one of our house rules, right up there with “Clean up after yourself” and “Be respectful.”

    We all agreed on this, including my teenage son who will be voting in every election he can as long as he’s in my house. (He’s not 18 yet, but it’ll start when he is)

    We’re all queer, Husband is black, and I’m chronically ill. We have a lot to vote for.

    And we live in Colorado, where ballots and guide books are mailed out early, so it’s easy to vote and make good decisions.

25. Doesn’t matter to me.

26. Me and my boyfriend talk politics a lot, so I’d love it if he always voted. However, it is his decision and I don’t push it. He’s a grown man.

27. I’d say pretty important. It’s also important for me that we vote fairly similarly (in my country we have about 8 parties who are spread out over the spectrum). Mostly because I feel like our values have to mostly align if we are to have a long term future together and eventually raise kids together. Ofc it comes down to what my partner believes himself, that is the most important, his values. But if he votes for a party that goes against my core values that would be an issue.

28. I couldnt give a fuck less lol