What was the first presidential election you voted in?

[Zomby Woof]

Following up per MiniManda's thread... ;-)

1988 - I voted for Dukakis when he ran against Bush I.

[Floogeldy]

1. I am proud to say that I voted for George McGovern!

:patriot:

[Kajsa]

9. Me too, Floogeldy!

McGovern-1972.

Too bad he didn't win.:cry:

btw; off topic,

I decided on a portable A/C.
I ordered it online, today. It's more
$ but I can use it in any room.

:hi:

[Floogeldy]

15. U gotta have the cool air!

I hope that air conditioner works for you. :)

Back in '72, Nixon just seemed like such a shithead, and McGovern campaigned on a platform that included LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA. A lot of pain and dollars-down-the-drain might have been avoided if McGovern had won.

But, let us face it, America is a country full of ignorant fucking morons who have lost all touch with the great minds and principles exhibited by our Founding Fathers.

[Kajsa]

34. Absolutely, Floogeldy.

We are straying further and further away from the Constitution,
The Bill of Rights and EVERYTHING WE STAND FOR!

That's why we're here, on DU and other Dem. sites, raising hell
and fighting to get back our country!!

:dem:

[LibDemAlways]

69. Me too.

[charlie and algernon]

2. John Kerry, 2004

[XemaSab]

3. Ralph Nader

in 1996! :patriot:

[Mutley]

4. I voted in 2000.

I'ma young'un. ;)

Old-timer. :D

[Zomby Woof]

5. *creak*

I'd throw my dentures at you, if I could see... x( ;-)

[SharonRB]

6. Hubert Humphrey v Tricky Dick

[grannylib]

7. 1980; I was not quite 18 for the 1976 elections. I voted against RayGuns.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. Me too, Grannylib...

I couldn't believe Bonzo won. It seemed like such a farce!

[grannylib]

23. Yeah, and stupid as he was, he appears to be Einstein next to the current

unelected imbecile.

And I thought the 8 years we suffered under RayGun were bad for the country, yikes...

[Allenberg]

8. Harry Browne in 2000.

R.I.P. Harry :(

[Broken_Hero]

10. 2004

I could have voted in 96, and 2000, but politics, to me was always...wishy washy...than old GWB stole the election in 2000, and I had to get off my lazy ass and become politically active. It was a slap in my face, that the will of the people/voters, was pushed aside...shameful.

on edit:spelling

[GardeningGal]

12. 1976 - I voted for Carter n/t

[TOhioLiberal]

13. 1980

Voted for Jimmy Carter. Yep, I'm officially old. :7

[Reverend_Smitty]

14. Kerry in 2004

I was 20 years old

[SeattleGirl]

16. Reagan/Carter. Voted for Carter, but it didn't matter.

Fuggin' news people played Carter's concession speech just as I was pulling into my driveway after work, ready to go to the school next door to vote. Still voted, but damn, that pissed me off!

[ZombieNixon]

17. 2008.

x( Missed 2004 by a measly 4 months. x(

[eyesroll]

18. Voted for Clinton in '96.

I voted for Clinton in '92 and Dukakis in '88 (and, sadly, Reagan in '84 because everyone else was) in school mock elections, but those don't really count.

[liberaltrucker]

19. Nixon, 1972

There! I said it! I ain't proud of it, OK!!!!!!!!!

Last puke I voted for.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

20. Clinton. DeWitt Clinton in 1804

lol

[NNadir]

31. I think he would have been an excellent President, but he ran in 1812.

I understand that at your age, the memory is not what it used to be. I mean no disrespect. All citizens of the post revolutionary age deserve respect, and you certainly do as well.

You will recall that in 1804 Pickney ran against that creep Jefferson, who had just illegally purchased that big strip of land now known as the "red states."

I can't believe that Madison won in 1812. I think Diebold was involved in that shit.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

51. Thanks young fella, all those damn elections

kinda run together now.

[NNadir]

59. I'll bet you never saw one with an outcome as bad as the last one though.

Except of course, maybe 2000.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

68. nope the last two have been the worst

without a doubt.

can't wait to see the next one. maybe then people will do something.

[jus_the_facts]

21. Clinton/Gore vs. whoevertheywere....

:D

:hi:

[Blue_In_AK]

22. 1972 - McGovern/Nixon

I could have voted in 1968, but I was too pissed off about the Chicago convention and boycotted the election. I'll never do that again.

[Fox Mulder]

24. I voted for Al Gore in '00.

I turned 18 spring of that year.

[terrya]

25. 1976 - I voted for Jimmy Carter n/t

[femmocrat]

26. George McGovern, 1972. And damn proud of it!

[NNadir]

32. Same here.

[Deep13]

27. Jesse Jackson in primary, then Dukakis.

[deutsey]

28. Mondale against Reagan...I knew he was going to lose, but

I wanted to be able to say I voted against Reagan.

[New Earth]

29. 2000 - Gore/Bush

It was the first time I could vote legally anyway (just missed being 18 for Clinton's second election). Voted for Gore of course, followed the recount and lawsuits religiously - so the first 2 Presidential elections I've voted in so far have been frauds x(

[MsKandice01]

30. 1996 - Clinton/Dole

I was too young to vote in any previous elections.

[tigereye]

33. that would be Carter

[Midlodemocrat]

35. 1976 - Voted for Carter

Although, I did like John Anderson.

[GOPisEvil]

36. 1988 for me, too. I cast an absentee ballot for Dukakis.

:)

[Oeditpus Rex]

37. '76

Carter.

And still damned proud of it. :patriot:

[huskerlaw]

38. 1996, Bill Clinton

I was 18 years, 3 months-ish old.

[azmouse]

39. 1980 - Jimmy Carter

It saddens me to think how much better the world would be now if he had won.

[querelle]

40. Being A Canadian.........

I am not eligible to vote in American elecions. But my first vote was cast for Pierre Elliot Trudeau. Canada's best Prime Minister of the 20th century. How many DU'ers remember him?

Q

[Zomby Woof]

46. I remember him

He served during the Carter and Reagan eras here, I recall. Probably before that, but I was first aware of him when Carter was our president.

And hey, I may yet be a Canadian resident. :-)

[lizziegrace]

41. 1980

We all know how that one turned out. :(

[ashling]

42. George McGovern

[Ariana Celeste]

43. '04

Kerry of course. Woot.

[NJ Democrats]

44. None

not old enough.

[RiffRandell]

45. Same here. 1988. n/t

[TN al]

47. Mondale '84

missed being able to vote for Carter by 6 weeks

[texas1928]

48. Bill Clinton in 1992

I was proud to cast my vote for him.

[MoseyWalker]

49. Jimmy Carter

when he ran against Raygun.

I wasn't quite old enough to vote for Carter in his first run, but I damn sure did against old pillowbrain.

I would still vote for Carter.

[Initech]

50. Um... technically I havent voted in any elections yet!

At least not one where the votes actually counted! I voted in 2000, for Al Gore, but that vote got tossed out. I voted in 2004 for Kerry, but that vote switched to Bush thanks to those god-forsaken voting machines!

[bigwillq]

52. 1996 I voted for Clinton.

:bounce:

[tyedyeto]

53. 1972 McGovern vs Nixon

Voted McGovern and have never looked at the Repugs since,

Been a Dem all the way!!!

[dajoki]

54. Voted for McGovern

[catzies]

55. In 1980 when I was 18 I voted for John Anderson.

I was scared to everlovin' death when Reagan won, because "His Vice President ran the CIA under Nixon!" I found out later I was wrong about that little fact, but I know evil when I see it. :D

[Zomby Woof]

57. If DU were around back then...

There would have been Jimmy Carter vs. Ted Kennedy flame wars in GD during the primaries, and then during election time Carter vs. Anderson or other third party candidates. :D :nuke:

[catzies]

70. No doubt, LOL!

:hi: :loveya: you & nini!

[tinfoil tiaras]

56. 2012 baby!

I know that's in the future but I'll be 18 by then. And registered to vote. Yee-Yeeehhh.

[Zomby Woof]

58. It'll be here before you know it

Trust me on this. :D

[tinfoil tiaras]

60. I hope so for two reasons

1. Dumbya wont be president anymore

2. I'll be able to vote because I'll turn 18 on December 1, 2010. WOOT. :woohoo:

:D I wish I could have lived back in the late 60's and early 70's though...I could have gone to anti-war protests galore....

[Zomby Woof]

61. I applaud your activism and enthusiasm

But if I may inject some seriousness, I look forward to the day all anti-war marches will be obsolete. Until then, you have the right attitude! :-)

[tinfoil tiaras]

62. Oh yeah, of course I don't wanna see war

but I just love the atmosphere of protest....i wish I could have protested those anti-choice freaks that came to Jackson last week...:mad:

[Zomby Woof]

64. I'd be right there with you!

Unfortunately, with all these years of GOP rule, we will all have plenty of opportunities to protest. :yourock:

[tinfoil tiaras]

65. Ya

:(

:yourock: too! :)

[TheCentepedeShoes]

63. 1972

Voted for McGovern. Voting age was still 21 then. If it had been 18 I could have voted against Nixon in '68.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

66. It WILL be...

2008

[Zomby Woof]

67. Just around the corner

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

71. Thanks!

:hi:

[Iniquitous Bunny]

72. Bill Clinton 1992

[Arugula Latte]

73. 1984 -- for Mondale against that asshat Reagan.

:(

[RebelOne]

74. John F. Kennedy

[Lumily]

75. Dukakis and George I.

I voted for Mike, of course.

[NoPasaran]

76. 1976 I voted for Eugene McCarthy

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

77. 2004 for Kerry. I was a couple months too young for 2000.

[noonwitch]

78. 1984, for Mondale

I was 20. I voted in local elections before that, though.