September 16, 2004

Street Talk by Carol Rosen

Are you and your spouse or significant other on the same page regarding politics? If not, how do you work out the differences? If yes, do you or your spouse or significant other influence each other’s views?
(Asked at Almaden Valiente Plaza, corner of Almaden Expwy. and Via Valiente)


“Yes, we both agree and our families agreed before us. We don’t need to influence each other. Since my husband retired, he has more time to read and we tend to have more serious discussions. But I have a softer heart and sometimes he says I have a tendency to be liberal.”

Ginny Kocher, 63
Almaden Valley
Homemaker


“We both agree, we’ve always agreed. If we disagreed we might cancel each others vote.”

Claire and Tom Martell, 40 and 39
Almaden Valley
On sabbaticals—financial consultant (Claire) and recruiter (Tom)

“We are both registered as Republicans, but we vote the way we feel. We have a Nancy Pyle sign in front of our house and she’s not a Republican. We don’t influence each other but we do discuss things. Sometimes we come up with the same answer, but not always.”

Ed Mueller, 70
Almaden Valley
Retired

“We agree on politics. Sometimes we have discussions but we usually agree on everything.”

Charlene Chavez, 30ish
Almaden Valley
Homemaker

“We usually agree. We have long discussions especially when we’re listening to the television, it brings up things we want to talk about.”

Fern Fellman, 83
Almaden Valley
Homemaker

“We agree much of the time. We talk about things. We watched the conventions and the more I watched them the more I’m convinced that our country is doing the right thing. But sometimes the right thing is very expensive and we have to pay for it in both blood and cash.”

Robert Kilpatrick, 82 1/2
Almaden Valley
Retired engineer