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In reply to the discussion: Who was the first presidential candidate you voted for? Mine was JFK. [View all]
ificandream
(10,754 posts)45. McGovern in '72.
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Who was the first presidential candidate you voted for? Mine was JFK. [View all]
CTyankee
Jan 2024
OP
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
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
Reagan. I wasn't paying much attention to politics at the time right out of high school and college.
woodsprite
Jan 2024
#37
Hubert H. Humphrey (The Happy Warrior) in 1968 after he had made a campaign stop at Kent State University.
RussellCattle
Jan 2024
#76