Can we assume your parents, friends and relatives were conservative? Mine weren’t and it took me a little longer too...
I became a conservative because of three influences.
My parents were both democRATS back in the day when that meant conservative, not communist.
I received a commission as an officer in the Air Force.
And because I read Atlas Shrugged.
Nope, all liberals. I live in a very liberal area.
Nope, all liberal. It was a very liberal area. The news on TV was liberal. Everything was. College was.