When I first played Skyrim as an Orc, I chose to side with the Stormcloaks. Not because of their ideals, but because I chose to escape with Ralof (I felt I needed to help the Stormcloaks since they helped me escape Helgen), because the Empire would have executed me for a dumb reason and I felt the Empire needed a good ass-kicking, and also because I found the Empire's ban of Talos worship saddening. It wasn't until later when I thought, "It's kind of odd that an Orc is fighting for Nord supremacy), but thought that I still owed the Stormcloaks service, and that this was my chance to weaken the very Empire that sought to kill me, as well as allow freedom of religion. My views have changed, and I'm with the Imperial viewpoint, but I can also see this as an example on how some people blindly side for political party without really knowing it's ideals, as with the case in which children grow up siding with one side of the spectrum, only because their parent's did, and soon their children will.