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CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
Wed Jan 24, 2024, 02:13 PM Jan 2024

Who was the first presidential candidate you voted for? Mine was JFK. [View all]


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JFK
7 (47%)
Lyndon Johnson
8 (53%)
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Carter in 1976 when I was 20 NewHendoLib Jan 2024 #1
Same but I was 18 chicoescuela Jan 2024 #9
Me too. I was 19. TexasBushwhacker Jan 2024 #21
Same here. I was 20 as well. maveric Jan 2024 #42
Me too also Carter also 20 Tree Lady Jan 2024 #56
Same, at 18. tosh Jan 2024 #64
Carter in 1976 LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2024 #79
McGovern in '72. Basic LA Jan 2024 #2
McGovern 1972. Sneederbunk Jan 2024 #3
McGovern 1972 nocoincidences Jan 2024 #6
Kerry in 2004 MistakenLamb Jan 2024 #4
John Kerry Elessar Zappa Jan 2024 #5
George McGovern... whathehell Jan 2024 #7
McGovern in 72. I was 18. rsdsharp Jan 2024 #8
Carter in 1980 NameAlreadyTaken Jan 2024 #10
Ford in 1976 on my 21st birthday Maeve Jan 2024 #11
My first presidential vote Xavier Breath Jan 2024 #12
My story much like yours Raine Jan 2024 #17
same story for me Cairycat Jan 2024 #33
Mondale, 1984 Drum Jan 2024 #13
Mine was Mondale also. I was so devastated that he only carried MN where riversedge Jan 2024 #19
I can't remember if I voted for Dukakis as I was only 19 but I did vote for Bill Clinton in 92. nt Quixote1818 Jan 2024 #14
I remember my mother calling Dukakis "that little Greek" and being so shocked at her. CTyankee Jan 2024 #25
My mother was what I'd call an Eisenhower Republican. rsdsharp Jan 2024 #57
Obama '08 sakabatou Jan 2024 #15
Clinton in 1996 Lanius Jan 2024 #16
George Stanley McGovern Emile Jan 2024 #18
George McGovern... electric_blue68 Jan 2024 #20
Reagan in 1984 (yes - I was young and stupid) LeftinOH Jan 2024 #22
Carter in 1976. Voted Democratic every election since. Boomerproud Jan 2024 #23
George McGovern in 72 ananda Jan 2024 #24
Carter bpj62 Jan 2024 #26
Dukakis TxGuitar Jan 2024 #27
me too (nm) mikewv Jan 2024 #40
The Gus Hall/Angela Davis ticket when I lived in Berkeley. brush Jan 2024 #28
Another vote for George McGovern 1972 FakeNoose Jan 2024 #29
My first vote was in the 1972 California primary, Shirley Chisholm Walleye Jan 2024 #30
1972, McGovern, was my first year voting. Jeebo Jan 2024 #31
I was trying to do a poll and had an interruption, then screwed it up, but ended up with that. I apologize for it. CTyankee Jan 2024 #34
President Carter in 1976. I voted absentee ballot from the military overseas. SlimJimmy Jan 2024 #32
McGovern n/t Mz Pip Jan 2024 #35
Clinton in 1996 mvd Jan 2024 #36
Reagan. I wasn't paying much attention to politics at the time right out of high school and college. woodsprite Jan 2024 #37
Dukakis was my first presidential vote. SKKY Jan 2024 #38
Bush 41 in 1988 Kennah Jan 2024 #39
LBJ Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 #41
Clinton in 1996. Niagara Jan 2024 #43
George McGovern 1972 spanone Jan 2024 #44
McGovern in '72. ificandream Jan 2024 #45
Geraldine Ferraro Deep State Witch Jan 2024 #46
Jimmy Carter BigMin28 Jan 2024 #47
McGovern in 1972 wendyb-NC Jan 2024 #48
McGovern in 1972 ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2024 #49
Reagan in 1984 obamanut2012 Jan 2024 #50
Carter 1980 RustyWheels Jan 2024 #51
Bill Clinton 1996 budkin Jan 2024 #52
Nixon joedogs Jan 2024 #53
Obama 2008 ClimateHawk Jan 2024 #54
Jimmy Carter bamagal62 Jan 2024 #55
Sad to say, Poppy Bush BlueTsunami2018 Jan 2024 #58
In 3rd grade i voted for JFK. dmr Jan 2024 #59
McGovern - seems I have lots of company! moonscape Jan 2024 #60
McGovern dweller Jan 2024 #61
Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 Glorfindel Jan 2024 #62
Bill Clinton rogerballard Jan 2024 #63
Carter Rebl2 Jan 2024 #65
carter . AllaN01Bear Jan 2024 #66
JFK -John Forbes Kerry ColinC Jan 2024 #67
I was stuck with Humphrey after RFK's assassination. But i voted for him. hedda_foil Jan 2024 #68
Al Gore, 2000 Initech Jan 2024 #69
Hillary in 2016 Celerity Jan 2024 #70
Tricky Dick in 1972 liberaltrucker Jan 2024 #71
McGovern in 1972 Mossfern Jan 2024 #72
Carter, 1976, I just turned 18 two days before the registration deadline. lees1975 Jan 2024 #73
McGovern JohnSJ Jan 2024 #74
George McGovern LakeArenal Jan 2024 #75
Hubert H. Humphrey (The Happy Warrior) in 1968 after he had made a campaign stop at Kent State University. RussellCattle Jan 2024 #76
Mondale. Crunchy Frog Jan 2024 #77
President Clinton 92 MustLoveBeagles Jan 2024 #78
Carter 1980. honest.abe Jan 2024 #80
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