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CTyankee

(65,279 posts) Wed Jan 24, 2024, 01:13 PM Jan 2024

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

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Who was the first presidential candidate you voted for? Mine was JFK. [View all] CTyankee Jan 2024 OP

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