Well, my mom's about as left-wing as you can get, which comes out of her youth. I lean quite a bit to the left but I also have a strong distrust for ideology which keeps me anchored to the center a bit, and I also have a strong libertarian streak. I started forming my own political opinions around age 14, during the early years of the Clinton presidency. I have a more thorough understanding of how various policies actually affect the country now, but it hasn't changed my political views very much at all.