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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 03:46 PM
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I'm 52 years old and have only voted for a winning ticket twice in my life.
Carter and Clinton in '96. (Voted for Perot in '92 :P Must've liked those charts)

Goshdarnit -

I wanna remember how winning feels!
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 03:47 PM
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1. Three, sort of, for me. Clinton twice, Gore once. I want to see how
watching the winning candidate get sworn in feels.
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ingac70 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 03:48 PM
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2. No shame in voting for Perot.
He would have spared us NAFTA.

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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 03:48 PM
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3. Makes sad to think the same is true for me.
I'm 47 and voted for Clinton both times.

My only winning elections... til this year! :patriot:
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CPschem Donating Member (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 03:49 PM
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4. I've never won
Gore and Kerry. :-(
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 03:50 PM
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5. Oh man - we really need to win this for you!
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Aloha Spirit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 03:51 PM
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8. Same here. But I got to meet Gore and Clinton during the 96 campaign.
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NEDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 03:51 PM
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6. Clinton twice
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codjh9 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 03:51 PM
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7. Yeah, I'm 50, so that makes Clinton twice and (probably) Carter... could you vote
at 18 back then, or was it 21? I would've been about to turn 19 in 1976 when Carter ran. It's hard to f-ing believe that those are the only Dem presidents we've had in all that time, dammit!!!
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 03:52 PM
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9. I think it was 18. Carter v Ford was the first election I voted in.
I even did my term paper on the election - hehe - some things never change.
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Pattib Donating Member (396 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 03:56 PM
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10. Twice for me, Clinton and Clinton again. that's it. I've been voting since 1979.
Happy Days are here again!!!!!
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 04:09 PM
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11. You know, I never thought about it before, but SAME HERE, lol!!
Clinton 2x. EVERY other presidential candidate I have voted for has lost. No wonder I have felt so disillusioned at times by the whole political process.....
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Beregond2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 04:10 PM
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12. Four for me, if you count Gore (which I do.)
Well, five now, which puts me over half.
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Johonny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 04:15 PM
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13. I've voted for winners a lot
I guess I vote more than once every 4 years.
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 04:24 PM
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18. I meant for President - silly :)
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 04:15 PM
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14. I'm 0-1.
:(
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 04:16 PM
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15. I'm 42, and I have voted for the winning ticket twice also - Clinton '92 and Clinton '96.
Edited on Tue Nov-04-08 04:17 PM by Left Is Write
I voted Mondale '84, Dukakis '88, Clinton '92 and '96, Gore '00, Kerry '04, and Obama '08.

Here's to tonight, and our third winning ticket! :toast:
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deoxyribonuclease Donating Member (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 04:17 PM
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16. I'm 0-2. Thanks for nothing, Bush
x(
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DearAbby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 04:23 PM
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17. I am 53 yrs young
I have voted three winning tickets..tonight will be my fourth.

Carter 1976
Clinton 1992
Clinton 1996
Obama 2008

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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 04:28 PM
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19. Only Once for me.......Clinton in 1992, I had my Appendix out Election Day 1996.....
Last day I smoked too........
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TransitJohn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 04:30 PM
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20. I'm 36 and I've never voted for a winning ticket.
Sad to say, in my first election, '92, I didn't vote, I was off in Grateful Dead Land. I '96 I voted for Nader. Since then, I've voted for Gore and Kerry. It'll feel good tonight!
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personanongrata Donating Member (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 04:36 PM
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21. 26 years old, first for me too
Nader '00
Nader '04
Obama '08
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-04-08 04:40 PM
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22. Don't feel bad...
I'm 62 and I've only voted for the winner twice myself. Clinton '92 and Clinton '96. Pretty sad...

The one other time I could have gotten it right was Carter in '76, but I voted for Ford. Kill me now.
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