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southernleftylady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:02 PM
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Who was your first presidential vote for?
When you voted for the president for the very first time who was it for?
My first time ;) was for Clinton in 1996
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:03 PM
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1. John Anderson in 1976
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maddiejoan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:05 PM
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10. in 1976??
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:14 PM
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39. Yep, you're right -- I thought I first voted when I turned 18 but I didn't
Never voted for Carter, so I guess I waited until the primary in '80 to cast my first vote.
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 02:15 PM
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207. Hubert Humphries 1968
He was my uncle's friend and a great man.
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maddiejoan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:03 PM
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2. John Anderson
in 1980
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:04 PM
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8. John Anderson in 1980
and I still regret my vote for that stealth candidate
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maddiejoan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:06 PM
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15. me too
and I hitch-hiked from Westchester to Long Island in a horrible rainstorm to do it.
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:29 PM
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51. I had actually thought for a while that there was no difference
Edited on Mon Jan-28-08 08:30 PM by Art_from_Ark
between Carter and Reagan! And then once Reagan won, it became painfully clear that there was a huge difference between the two :banghead:
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maddiejoan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:34 PM
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54. meh
I was 20 years old.

I forgive myself.
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:24 PM
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67. I was about the same age
And a vote for Carter wouldn't have made a bit of difference in my state, Arkansas, which went for The Great Prevaricator by a margin of something like 60-40%.

Too many folks had bumper stickers saying "American ends with "I-CAN", not "I-RAN"."
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:25 PM
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69. same here.
nt
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:09 AM
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175. Same here. nt
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Gidney N Cloyd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:55 AM
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193. Same here.
I was unimpressed with Carter's record and Reagan was unimaginable.
Illinois went for Anderson but if most of his votes had gone to Carter, Carter would have been neck and neck with Reagan. So in retrospect I feel a little bad about that.
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 02:56 PM
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212. Same here
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Jed Dilligan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:03 PM
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3. Al Gore
I sat out 92 and 96
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:35 AM
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186. Al Gore.
First time I was eligible.
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CherylK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:53 AM
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202. Ditto
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:03 PM
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4. Bob Dole
Edited on Mon Jan-28-08 08:08 PM by sniffa
:hide:
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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:03 PM
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5. Nader (write-in for 1996)
I didn't appreciate Bill's hiring of Dick Morris and signing welfare 'reform' into law.
And I was pissed about NAFTA and GATT.
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etherealtruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:04 PM
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6. Jimmy Carter 1980
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smoogatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:17 AM
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180. Me, too. n/t
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auburngrad82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 02:23 PM
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208. Me too nt
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Kutjara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:04 PM
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7. Anderson in 1980.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:04 PM
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9. Jimmy C - 1976
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lutefisk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:13 PM
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35. Same here... and I'd vote for him in 2008 if I could!....n/t
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Scurrilous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:40 PM
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79. Me too!
:thumbsup:
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:28 PM
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101. Me too, and 1980 too
I heard him on the radio when I was in Mississippi. He promised to always tell the truth and I was sold.
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kineneb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 01:37 AM
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125. another one nt.
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OzarkDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:48 AM
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144. Same here, went to Plains, GA too
Edited on Tue Jan-29-08 08:50 AM by OzarkDem
Later in 77, a group of us stopped in Plains, GA on our way to Florida for Spring Break. What a quaint little town. You could even take the street behind the town square and drive right by his house. No security or anything, just the Carter's modest brick ranch home sitting back in the trees.

There was a little shop in town where you could buy Carter campaign stuff. I bought a t-shirt and a calendar. Still have the t-shirt.

It was very quiet, not a lot of people there. Things sure have changed.

I campaigned for McGovern in high school, but was about 2 months shy of being able to vote in that election.
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Beausoleil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 03:29 PM
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219. Same here n/t
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Terran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 04:17 PM
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225. Me too, and would again
Talk about a great man with a totally undeserved bad reputation.
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japple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:05 PM
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George McGovern, 1972.
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:58 AM
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120. Me, too. Proudly voted for him over
Tricky Dick, who resigned in shame less than 2 years later.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:38 AM
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140. Same here.
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ClayZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:42 AM
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165. Me too!
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:03 AM
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171. Make that another McGovern first time Prez vote!
:hi:
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prairierose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:48 PM
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203. George McGovern was my Senator and I was so excited to ...
cast my first vote in any presidential election for him.
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Misskittycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 03:02 PM
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213. Me, too.
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BulletproofLandshark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:05 PM
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11. John Kerry
I'm ashamed that I was eligible to vote for president in '96 and 2000 and chose not to. A mistake I won't make again.
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toadzilla Donating Member (814 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:04 AM
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172. me too!
I was eligible in 2000. I learned my lesson.
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yourout Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:05 PM
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12. 1984.....Mondale I think.
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:20 PM
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95. That was mine, too. It was Mondale in 1984.
I could have voted in 1980, but I was confused by the Anderson/Carter dialectic and just didn't vote. I regret that. I have never been seduced by a third party candidate again.
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:09 AM
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105. Mondale
eom
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WCIL Donating Member (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:40 AM
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199. Mondale for me, too.
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all.of.me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 04:10 PM
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224. Mondale/Ferraro
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Rageneau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:05 PM
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13. George McGovern
And, during Watergate, had the 'Don't Blame Me. I Voted for McGovern" bumper sticker.
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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:06 PM
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14. George McGovern
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swoop Donating Member (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:06 PM
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16. Carter, 1976 n/t
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Mnemosyne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:49 AM
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200. Same for me! And would proudly do it again!
Welcome to DU, swoop! :hi:
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RedG1 Donating Member (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:07 PM
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17. 1964 Johnson v. Goldwater
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Divernan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:31 AM
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184. Me too -" LBJ - All The Way!"
I was at Cape Canaveral, Florida - and in line to vote with a bunch of people chortling how it didn't take long to vote when you pulled the straight GOP lever.
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Stuckinthebush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:07 PM
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18. Ronald Reagan
1984

I know, I know! I'm so very sorry.

My father has finally forgiven me after all these years.

:)
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roamer65 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:34 PM
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53. I made the same mistake, so don't fret.
Edited on Mon Jan-28-08 08:35 PM by roamer65
I wrote in Al Gore in 1988. Voted Dem on everything else. My epiphany happened during the Iran-Contra scandal.
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:39 AM
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187. But Gore in 1988 backed Legally helping the Contras
The Iran/Contra scandal was already in the news in 1987. Bush I, in fact called it political, to help Dukakis.
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Der Blaue Engel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:36 PM
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102. Me too
:hide:

In my defense, my father brought me my absentee ballot at college all filled out and I had only been out from under his fundie influence for a couple of months, so I hadn't yet begun fully thinking for myself. :blush:
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 01:36 AM
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124. Ok, bad first move, but
your post sort of hit an unintended nerve anyhow. The subject being Ronald Reagan and the very first thing in the message part being 1984. I know it's just your answer, but I remember talking about Orwell's 1984 back in 1984.

I may forgive you. You do seem sincere in your apology.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:07 PM
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19. george mcgovern 1972
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:08 PM
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20. LBJ on an absentee ballot when I was in Spain.




I was in the Navy at the time.
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lutefisk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:19 AM
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108. That's a cool absentee vote!...n/t
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:08 PM
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21. Clinton. (1992)
Edited on Mon Jan-28-08 08:43 PM by DesertedRose
Bill, that is.

Unless you count the mock election my 3rd grade class had....then it was Carter.
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:58 AM
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147. Same here.
Just missed voting for "the Duke" in '88. Turned 18 two months later.
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ivycat Donating Member (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:53 AM
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192. clinton 1992 for me too.
nm
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kdpeters Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:19 AM
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196. Clinton 1992
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Pastiche423 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:09 PM
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22. George McGovern, 1972
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New Earth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:09 PM
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23. Al Gore
I wasn't 18 yet to vote for Clinton...think I missed it by a month or so.
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:09 PM
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24. Eugene McCarthy, 1976
All that "born again" religion of Carter's creeped me out.
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:09 PM
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25. Dukakis in 1988.
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Rockholm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:34 AM
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137. Dukakis.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 04:08 PM
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223. Me, too - I missed voting for Mondale by a few weeks
I turned 18 in December of 1984.
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MO_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:09 PM
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26. George McGovern
And I'm proud of it!
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:10 PM
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27. Clinton in '92
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scarletwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:10 PM
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28. George McGovern, 1972. If they had changed the voting age to 18 earlier, my first vote
would have been for Eugene McCarthy in 1968 (in the primaries, obviously).

sw
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:05 AM
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173. Ditto here!
I was 20 in 1968 at the time of the November election....and the voting age back then was 21, so I could not vote in a prez election until 1972.
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:43 AM
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189. I was 18 then - you know, given how big our generation was
how close that election was - I bet Humphrey would have won had the age been 18. At the Kennedy endorsement, either he or someone else mentioned he worked on that change. (That 4 year cohort is big)
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:10 PM
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29. George McGovern, 1972.
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NoBorders Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:10 PM
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30. Clinton '92
I was out of country in 88.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:10 PM
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31. Dukakis.
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dhill926 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:11 PM
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32. George McGovern...n/t
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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:11 PM
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33. Mondale
But it was a vote against Reagan. Fat lot of good that vote did. :)
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:56 AM
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145. Me too.
I was kind of a depressing first vote.
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flyarm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:11 PM
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34. George McGovern eom
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:13 PM
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36. George McGovern
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moobu2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:14 PM
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37. William Jefferson Clinton -1992
Edited on Mon Jan-28-08 08:16 PM by moobu2
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WiltedFlowerChild Donating Member (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:15 PM
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40. George McGovern
Man. I'm OLD :)
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Itchinjim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:14 PM
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38. Carter, 1980
Don't regret it either.
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:16 PM
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41. Kennedy in 1960
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:38 PM
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58. Makes 2 of us.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 07:32 AM
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127. Makes 3 of us. Boy, are we old-timers.
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canoeist52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:18 PM
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42. Eugene McCarthy, 1976
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Thirtieschild Donating Member (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:18 PM
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43. Eisenhower, 1956
I was 21, a senior in college and still under the influence of growing up in the Texas Panhandle.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:18 PM
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44. Dr. Benjamin Spock, Peace & Freedom Party, 1968.
One of the 2 times I actually voted for a presidential candidate rather than against the Republican.
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Laughing Mirror Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 01:06 PM
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204. He was a wonderful candidate, wasn't he?
I was too young too vote for him.

My first vote went to Rep Shirley Chisholm in 1972.
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LordJFT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:19 PM
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45. Mine will be for Obama
a week from tomorrow
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:39 AM
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141. Congratulations! He's not my favorite at this point, but I remember that
first vote excitement very well.


Regardless of the outcome, a vote for your beliefs is NEVER a loser. :patriot:
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LordJFT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:32 PM
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236. Thanks!
I'm excited because the race is so close that the candidates are fighting for every last delegate and I really feel like my vote will make a difference.
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:22 PM
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46. Howard Dean in the '04 primary and then John Kerry in the GE.
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HooptieWagon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:24 PM
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47. Jimmy - 1976
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mourningdove92 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:25 PM
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48. George McGovern!
I reckon that dates me!
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RockaFowler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:26 PM
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49. Clinton in 1992
I turned 18 in 1989 and I was pissed that I couldn't vote for Dukakis. Even at that time I knew I couldn't stand Bush. My mom said that Johnson was her first vote in 1964. She was too young to vote for JFK.
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NEOhiodemocrat Donating Member (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:28 PM
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50. George McGovern
1972
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:32 PM
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52. LBJ in 1964 ... when the minimum voting age was still 21 and I could still hold my nose.
Edited on Mon Jan-28-08 08:34 PM by TahitiNut
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Vadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 06:18 PM
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229. LBJ for me, too. I was 18 in '60 and couldn't vote for JFK... so it
was LBJ in '64!
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RayOfHope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:35 PM
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55. Clinton in 92. n/t
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wuushew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:35 PM
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56. Gore
:kick:
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Lugnut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:38 PM
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57. Hubert Humphrey
The voting age was 21 at that time. Nixon won and the rest is history.
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:30 AM
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112. Hubert Humphrey 1968. I had worked for Gene McCarthy. It was a very bad year. nt
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woofless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:39 PM
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59. Jimmy Carter
What a guy.
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MrMickeysMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:27 AM
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183. Me too, woofless...
Every day people realize the brilliance of that peanut farmer who saw the need for altnernative energy more and more... He has conginued on the same good work in "retirement" with Habitat for Humanity.

What a guy, indeed.
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slor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:40 PM
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60. 1984 Mondale.
Too bad raygun fooled so many.
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unapatriciated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:54 PM
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87. didn't fool me
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slor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 06:11 PM
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228. he did not fool me either...
I voted for Mondale, if that was somehow unclear. I have only voted for Democrats since 18.
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cureautismnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:40 PM
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61. Dukakis in '88.
Would have voted for Hart in '84 if he hadn't got caught playing Santa Claus with Donna Rice. Waited too late to register to vote for Mondale, as if it really mattered. Did compose a gloom-despair-and-doom-laden poem for Election Night '84.
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lumpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:43 PM
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62. I voted 1952 Adlai Stevenson
Dwight Eisenhower won the election. First Republican president in 20 years.
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canoeist52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:44 PM
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63. dukakis for GOVERNOR in1974
First time I ever voted, a proud experience!
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dethl Donating Member (462 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:51 PM
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64. Kerry in 2004
Edited on Mon Jan-28-08 08:52 PM by dethl
eom

EDIT: Wow, looking at all the other responses I feel really young atm. :blush:
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southernleftylady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:55 PM
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65. keep this going.. this is interesting! nt
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Thothmes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 08:55 PM
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66. Nixon in 72
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Zoigal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:25 PM
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68. Adlai Stevenson in 1952
Still have the button that i wore during the campaign. z
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SocratesInSpirit Donating Member (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:26 PM
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70. Al Gore
First election I was old enough to vote in...

And we all know how that turned out. :-(
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Blue_Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:27 PM
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71. Micheal Dukakis--1988
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many a good man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:31 PM
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72. JC in 80. I've NEVER voted for a winner!
I cast a couple protest votes in the 90s since I live in a deep blue state. I want to vote for a winner this time!
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ourbluenation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:31 PM
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73. Walter Mondale when I was 18. n/t
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frogcycle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:35 PM
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74. Richard Milhouse Nixon 1968
Edited on Mon Jan-28-08 10:36 PM by frogcycle
to my everlasting chagrin
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McHatin Donating Member (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:36 PM
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75. Bush 2004
Edited on Mon Jan-28-08 10:36 PM by McHatin
Course, I was 18 and a strong conservative at the time. Now at 22 I'm a democrat voting for Obama. Strangely enough, one of my friends who was very liberal at 18 is now a neo-conservative at 22. Guess people can change a lot in between those ages.
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Crunchy Frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:37 PM
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76. Mondale 1984. n/t
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Pushed To The Left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:39 PM
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77. Bill Clinton in 1992! n/t
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ptvet Donating Member (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:40 PM
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78. Another Mondale n/t
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:40 PM
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80. The past 7 years have been so long, it feels like George W
ashington was my first vote
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:44 PM
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81. Carter 1976
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:44 PM
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82. Jimmy Carter, 1980
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:36 AM
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138. Me too! I met him when he campaigned in '76 and he invited me to the inaugural
that year (I got sick and couldn't go even though M&D moved heaven and earth to get me there--sob!).

In 1980 it was a no-brainer. I've never been prouder of my vote, although my 2000 and 2004 losing votes were proud ones as well.
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rch35 Donating Member (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:50 PM
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83. john edwards, 2008
Edited on Mon Jan-28-08 10:50 PM by rch35
just turned 18 last september
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skater314159 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:58 PM
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91. Awesome!
Happy voting!
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rch35 Donating Member (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:15 PM
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93. thanks
you too
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:37 AM
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139. Congratulations! nt
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rch35 Donating Member (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 07:44 PM
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233. thanks, haha nt
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NikolaC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:22 AM
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155. Grats!
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rch35 Donating Member (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 07:43 PM
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232. thank you nt
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unapatriciated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:52 PM
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84. George McGovern
and have been voting dem every since. Had to cancel out my ex's vote.
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:54 PM
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85. jimmy carter 1976 n/t
Edited on Mon Jan-28-08 10:54 PM by shanti
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Phoonzang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:54 PM
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86. Kerry.
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AnnieBW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:55 PM
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88. Mondale in '84
I was a sophomore in college. Although, I think I voted for Bradley in the primary.
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skater314159 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:57 PM
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89. Gore '00!
I was soooo excited... and I was *sure* he'd win. (I worked hard on campus and volunteered for his campaign. My dad got to go to the National Convention, and it was awesome.)

Then I voted for Kerry in '04... and I was *absolutely positive* he'd win.

Now I've gotten jaded, but I'm still a Democrat and vote in every election (federal, state, and local!) Dems '08!
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ncrainbowgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:00 AM
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169. Same- 1st vote ever
And first political protest come coronation day the following January.
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El Pinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 10:58 PM
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90. Dukakis.
:( The first of many times when I was forced to vote for a guy where I was like "What the hell were the democrats thinking, nominating this guy?" :(
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:14 PM
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92. George McGovern in 1972
I didn't vote in 1968 because I was too turned off by the Chicago convention, the assassinations and everything else that was going on that year. Hubert Humphrey just didn't cut it for me -- although in retrospect, he would have been a hell of a lot better than Nixon.
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johnfunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:17 PM
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94. James Earl Carter, 1976
... and STILL proud of it.
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lutefisk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:23 AM
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110. The only vote I would be more proud of would be "Gore 2008"..n/t
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:20 PM
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96. McGovern in 1972
and proud of it!
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Sacajawea Donating Member (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:25 PM
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97. Ditto that....and exactly the same sentiment as LL
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:25 PM
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98. Humphrey/Muskie
'68. Now THERE was a Democratic convention for the books! '08 should be so entertaining! Maybe it will be.

:rofl:
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Proud MD Liberal Donating Member (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:27 PM
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99. Dukakis in 1988
I was away at college and voted absentee.
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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:28 PM
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100. The Gore in '88
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Chovexani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-28-08 11:36 PM
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103. Al Gore in 2000
And people wonder why I'm so cynical. :(
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RoadRage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:08 AM
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104. Clinton in '96.. i had just turned 19 - NT
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1awake Donating Member (852 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:15 AM
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106. Clinton in '92
:P
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cottonseed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:16 AM
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107. Clinton 96
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burrowowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:20 AM
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109. Hubert Humphy 1968
You had to be 21 at the time.
I was for RFK, skipped some classes to photograph him and Ethel when they arrived at the Albuquerque Sunport. Got some good photos even at a distance with an Argus coke-bottle 35 mm lens (same camera used by Marguerite Burke-White to photograph the Korean War). Not much security in those days, he was killed a week or so later. God, that hurt and still can make me cry.
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hootinholler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:26 AM
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111. Carter - he lost. n/t
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:31 AM
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113. LBJ. Voting age was still 21 then, and I wasn't quite old enough
to vote for JFK in 1960.
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Yavapai Donating Member (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 03:56 PM
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221. Same as Napi21,
Edited on Tue Jan-29-08 04:05 PM by FORREST GRUMP
but my wife and I worked in JFK's campaign though.

We did get to shake RFK's hand though about a week before his death(worked in his campaign also).

EDIT TO ADD: One other proud moment was one day while leaving work (early for doctor appointment)I noticed a bunch of people
and cameras at the gate. I was the first person out and the cameras were in my direction, and there was a man who wanted to
have me shake RonOLD Ray-gun's hand. I refused saying I'd sooner shake Fidel Castro's hand because I wouldn't have to count
my fingers and look for my wedding ring when we were done!
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Hangingon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 04:07 PM
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222. I vited for LBJ and worked to elect JFK
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Hoof Hearted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:33 AM
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114. Bill and Hillary
Now I want to vote for Hillary and Bill.
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:34 AM
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115. McGovern nt
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PretzelWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:34 AM
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116. Gore in 2000 :(
then Kerry in 2004. Man, I am bummed.
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nonconformist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:36 AM
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117. Bill Clinton in 1992. nt
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:38 AM
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118. Poppy Bush in '88.
Needless to say I had no clue about politics.
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mrreowwr_kittty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:46 AM
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119. Dukakis 1988. nt
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:59 AM
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121. Dukakis
Way to start out with a winner huh? lol.
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nemo137 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 01:32 AM
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122. John Kerry, 2004
Wore my "I voted" sticker all day, and stuck it on my "don't let the bastards grind you down" sticker the next.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 01:34 AM
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123. Dukakis in 1988.
I wasn't old enough to vote for Jessie Jackson in the Primaries that year, but was old enough to vote in the General Election and I KNEW it was not going to be for any fucking Repug even at 18 years old.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 01:38 AM
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126. Btw, this would be a great poll. n/t
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dorkulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 07:47 AM
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128. Clinton, '92. Why isn't this a poll? /nt
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southernleftylady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:27 AM
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134. just think of all the options... sorry didnt even think about a poll nt
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 07:51 AM
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129. I was young. It was 1972.
Um, I voted for Nixon.

It was my first and last time to vote for a Republican. Honest. None since then.
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Graybeard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:19 AM
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130. LBJ in'64.
I missed being old enough to vote for JFK in'60 by just one month. In those days voting age was 21. In the '64 election I pulled the lever for Johnson but in my heart I was voting for Kennedy.
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mak3cats Donating Member (489 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:24 AM
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131. Jimmy Carter 1980 (n/t)
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:25 AM
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132. 1968 - Humphry
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:27 AM
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133. Carter - 1976
I turned 18 between the '72 and '76 elections. So, i voted the first time i could.
The Professor
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laruemtt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:29 AM
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135. George McGovern 1972 n/t
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Joyce78 Donating Member (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:33 AM
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136. George McGovern 1972
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LucyParsons Donating Member (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:40 AM
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142. Nader
And I'm proud of it.

Flame, flame away. You know he's right.
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superduperfarleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:15 AM
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179. Mine too.
And I'm just as proud. :)
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:41 AM
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143. Two more recs and maybe we can overtake the backbiting from the G*dD*mned/Pit. (evilgrin) nt
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:57 AM
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146. Here ya go...n/t
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southernleftylady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:48 AM
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190. Thats what Im doing this for.. to unite us in change ;) nt
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Le Taz Hot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:58 AM
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148. Worked for McGovern in '72
because I didn't turn 18 until '73 so my first presidential vote was for Carter in '76.
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Liberal In Texas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:01 AM
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149. George McGovern 1972. I also met him while working on his regional TV ads during the campaign.
I worked for an entire day next to him in a small TV studio. We got to know each other pretty well that day and I came away knowing that he was a fine person. He would have made a great president.
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Pacifist Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:05 AM
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150. Dukakis '88
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:14 AM
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151. Jimmy Carter 1980 n/t
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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:16 AM
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152. Hubert Humphrey 1968, general election
After RFK was killed, the primaries didn't mean much to me.
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NikolaC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:17 AM
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153. William Jefferson Clinton
Edited on Tue Jan-29-08 09:24 AM by NikolaC
in 1992 as a registered Liberal in Long Island :-).

Edited to add that in 1988 I was just shy of my 18th birthday by a month and could not vote. A good thing too because I was a pug at the time and would have made the ignorant mistake of voting for Poppy Bu$h.
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PerpetuallyDazed Donating Member (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:20 AM
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154. Kerry, 2004!
First time I had ever campaigned for a candidate, too. I was with the MoveOn crowd... it was quite an experience. Being so up-close and involved in the process really opened my eyes to how corrupt our election system is. It's hard for me to be optimistic about this upcoming one! :scared:
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Bruce McAuley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:23 AM
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156. Richard Milhouse Nixon
I came from a Republican family, and was in the Navy at the time.
The first and last Republican I ever voted for, I got smart by the time I got out of uniform.

Bruce
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:24 AM
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157. Clinton '92.....
n/t
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Virginia Dare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:25 AM
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158. Walter Mondale...
:cry:
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Tatiana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:19 AM
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181. Awwww
:pals:
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knitter4democracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:28 AM
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159. Bush in 1992. It was before I became enlightened.
Edited on Tue Jan-29-08 09:29 AM by knitter4democracy
The more I found out about what happened in Nicargua in the 80s, the more disgusted I became with Bush and Reagan and all of them. I think I voted for Clinton the next time around but can't remember. I remember not liking Dole all that much, though.

Duh. Edited for details I apparently can't remember right this morning.
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:30 AM
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160. George McGovern! 1972
A bunch of us hitched from Keene to Manchester NH just to vote. It was my first big disappointment in politics. It took a long time, but then came Obama!
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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:31 AM
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161. LBJ
Voting age was 21 back then.
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electron_blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:33 AM
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162. I've forgotten! Whoever ran against Reagan.
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:38 AM
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163. Carter in 1980
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tyedyeto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:41 AM
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164. 1972 - George McGovern n/t
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Ninga Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:49 AM
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n/t
Edited on Tue Jan-29-08 09:50 AM by Ninga
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Ninga Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:49 AM
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166. 1964, Lyndon Bains Johnson, the architect of the Great Society Programs. n/t
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Omphaloskepsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:53 AM
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167. Nader in 2000.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:56 AM
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168. John Anderson
ahh impetuous youth...
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Sancho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:00 AM
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170. Jimmy Carter! I met him at a college campus rally in SC...
I was A-1 for the draft in 1970 (and never got drafted- it was scary!). I was SO glad that over 18 year olds could vote and the Vietnam war ended. I'm sure that some others remember those days. Carter was intelligent and had such high values. It is too bad that his legacy as President hasn't been as positive as his work since then.

A few years later, I met GW Bush when he came to town to campaign for his father. At the time, I went home and had a discussion with my wife that he was egotistical and pretty dumb. He hasn't changed.
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waiting for hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:08 AM
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174. Walter Mondale - 1984
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:10 AM
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176. Jimmy Carter
1980. Every Democrat since too.
Right now I have 3 candidates, because I am a Democrat. Those three, they are mine. They are ours. They are Democrats and so are we.
I have issues with a couple of them, and prefer the other one, but they are all mine, all Democrats and I thank them all for standing up. And next January we can thank one of them for serving as President of the United States!
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:11 AM
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177. McGovern in 1972
Been leaning that way ever since! :D
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:14 AM
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178. Ronald Reagan.
I was born and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles, California. It was my first election, and I had no clue what anything was about. I was just voting for the home team. If I remember correctly, I voted for Tom Bradley (mayor of L.A.) for governor in the same election.
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the other one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:26 AM
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182. Mondale
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:32 AM
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185. McGovern!!!!!!
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robcon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:39 AM
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188. Nixon. I thought/think McGovern was an asshole.
Like the majority of those under 25, I voted for Nixon in the landslide of 72.

Carter was my first Democratic Party vote for president.
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marlakay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:53 AM
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191. Carter 1976... nt
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Jim__ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:57 AM
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194. George McGovern!
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MANative Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:05 AM
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195. Jimmy Carter in 1980 n/t
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:31 AM
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197. Mário Covas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Covas
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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:36 AM
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198. Humphrey in '68.
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phatkatt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 11:53 AM
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201. Reagan '84
Edited on Tue Jan-29-08 11:53 AM by phatkatt
I was young, stupid, and involved in a religious group that let it be known with no uncertain terms who I should vote for.

I've come a looooooooong way!
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Thor_MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:10 PM
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242. Ditto, everything except the religous group.
I saw Carter in Duluth, MN. I obviously didn't know too much about anything.

OTOH, I shook John Edwards' hand tonight. Bitterly cold here in St. Paul, but the room was toasty with an overflow crowd. He walked through the crowd afterwards and I happened to be close enough to his path to get a handshake and a smile/head nod.
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Justpat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 01:07 PM
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205. McGovern - '72 n /t
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Anwen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 01:11 PM
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206. Al Gore, 2000
I turned 18 just in time to vote in that election.
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pinto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 02:29 PM
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209. McGovern.
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juajen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 02:45 PM
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210. Goldwater 1964
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RedEarth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 02:55 PM
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211. George McGovern
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appal_jack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 03:06 PM
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214. 1992: Clinton!!!
Pretty sure I voted for Brown in the Primary, but remember for sure of course that I voted for Clinton in the GE.

At the time, it felt really good to be voting for a change from the Reagan/Bush era!!! I only wish Bill had done more to uncover an prosecute the many crimes of that cabal when he had the chance.


-app
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RedShoesBlueState Donating Member (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 03:08 PM
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215. Jimmy Carter, 1976
I was at college, and I screwed up and didn't request my absentee ballot on time. So...on election day a friend and I got in the car and drove 180 miles to my hometown so I could vote for President for the first time, and then turned around and drove 180 miles back so I could make my evening class. That's one of the reason it pains me so much to see the low turnout among young people; I wouldn't have DREAMED of missing my first opportunity to vote for President.
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Beregond2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 03:17 PM
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216. vote
McGovern. When I think about what this country might be like today if he had been elected, I want to cry.
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TornadoTN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 03:22 PM
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217. Gore in 2000
Proud to have cast my first vote for President for this fine man. I was 20 at the time.
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goodgd_yall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 03:27 PM
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218. Jimmy Carter in 1980
Edited on Tue Jan-29-08 03:29 PM by goodgd_yall
I was first eligible to vote in 1972. I liked Shirley Chisholm and Edmund Muskie. Since neither made the nomination I didn't vote for the president, but for any other offices and/or propositions were on the ballot. Back then I was a purist like some of the people on DU. I didn't understand the importance of voting the party rather than voting for the perfect candidate. If I found I was in disagreement on too many issues, I just wouldn't put in a vote for that office.

I don't remember the 1976 election....

In 1980, I voted for Carter. I knew Reagan was bad news. I was so dissappointed when he won.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 03:32 PM
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220. Um, er, ah, Mondale '84
"Mondale. What else are you gonna do, vote for Raygun?"
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 04:19 PM
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226. Primary or general?
If you mean primary, it was for Dennis Kucinich in 2004. By the time Florida's primary came around, John Kerry was already well established as the nominee. And I had nothing against John Kerry whatsover. But I figured as long as Kerry was destined to be the nominee, out of principle I would vote for another candidate because I didn't believe in the one-candidate system. Plus Dennis Kucinich stands for most everything I stood for, so he was an easy pick.

And in the general, obviously I voted for John Kerry.

I was eligible to vote in 2000. However, I was registered independent during the primaries so I couldn't vote then. And I am embarassed to say so, but I didn't vote for president in 2000 during the general. I definetly preferred Gore over Bush, but I was stubbornly independent minded at the time and because there were a few issues I disagreed with Gore on, I boycotted the vote. In retrospect, I would have definetly voted for Gore. Rest assured, I was not registered in Florida at the time, but rather in Maryland where Gore won easily, so it wasn't that much harm after all.
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Jimbo S Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 04:20 PM
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227. Gary Hart
1984 Wisconsin primary.

But the caucus the following Saturday determined the delegates and I skipped that.
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Dyedinthewoolliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 06:19 PM
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230. George McGovern
in 1972 :)
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 06:20 PM
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231. Jimmy Carter
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QC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 07:45 PM
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234. Mondale in 1984, followed by Dukakis.
You would think that would have frightened me away from politics for life, but here I am.
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stimbox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 07:50 PM
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235. Dukakis in 1988. n/t
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knight_of_the_star Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:35 PM
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237. John Kerry nt
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sallyseven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:39 PM
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238. JFK The best, but he would not
want to be promoting a republican like Obama
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Spirochete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:51 PM
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239. McGovern, 1972 n/t
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existentialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 09:54 PM
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240. George McGovern 1972
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:04 PM
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241. Same here.
I was in my senior year of high school.
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existentialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 10:24 PM
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243. I was in my first year of college.
I was actually from South Dakota, but I registered and voted from my college address which was in Chicago.
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