I must say, I was surprised at how non-political the conversation was. "Simmering" would be a good word, politics were deliberately avoided. Since they all run from "moderately reasonable" to "Radical Off-the-Rails-Looney-Tunes Leftist", I was expecting a knockdown-dragout.
I was pleased to be disappointed.
Even more pleased to hear the quiet whining when they thought I wasn't paying attention. Near as I could tell, the general thought was, "It's Not Faaaaaair!!!", which I gave up using as an excuse when I was about 5 years old.
I never get that kind of fun. Our Thanksgivings has always been just our family and we always agree on this stuff. My kids are all strongly conservative in their values and votes.
It’s kind of cool. I’m only one guy and I get to vote five times, legally.