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Showing Original Post only (View all)Quick Poll: Who was President when you were born? [View all]
For me it was Ike.
138 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited | |
Clinton | |
1 (1%) |
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Daddy Bush | |
2 (1%) |
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Reagan | |
6 (4%) |
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Carter | |
9 (7%) |
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Ford | |
2 (1%) |
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Nixon | |
9 (7%) |
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LBJ | |
14 (10%) |
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Kennedy | |
18 (13%) |
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Ike | |
36 (26%) |
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Truman - FDR | |
41 (30%) |
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I don't remember. I was a baby and we didn't have the internet back then
The Straight Story
Jul 2013
#4
FDR - the demographics aren't looking too good for the advertising revenue here at DU.
byeya
Jul 2013
#26
I'm Pretty Sure it Is, I'm Proud to say I Voted in the Primary and General Elections last year!
DEMTough
Jul 2013
#132
Welcome my friend! I was born under Carter 78 and Clinton was the first President I voted for in 96.
hrmjustin
Jul 2013
#102
Wow you were 2 when I voted for the first time. Reminds me of some of my sisters kids I took
hrmjustin
Jul 2013
#147
You're right. Testimonials are important since that was a turning point. When wars weren't "cold".
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2013
#80
Yes! I once met a woman who was a little girl in one of the NYC skyscrapers on VJ day
Taverner
Jul 2013
#83
I was a child of the Space Age. By now we were supposed to have a city on the moon.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2013
#86
My daughter is a Millennial and she spends most of her time on Reddit.
liberal_at_heart
Jul 2013
#64
my goodnesss according to this poll around 54% of DU are somewhere around my age or older - I did
Douglas Carpenter
Jul 2013
#71
So much for the "When you get older you become more Conservative" myth.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2013
#79
Truman. I don't remember him, of course, but have some memory of Ike's administration.
Shrike47
Jul 2013
#127