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Showing Original Post only (View all)In what year did you become politically "sentient?" [View all]
By politically sentient I mean cognizant of the fact that politics was a meaningful thing, that there were various political parties, that these parties had different agendas, that voting mattered, and that people disagreed, sometimes vehemently, on this topic.
It was 1980, and I was 13, so I couldnt vote at that age, but I became aware, for the first time, that politics mattered to most of the adults in my life, and they often disagreed. I felt that I had to choose, and I did. As a native Georgian in 1980, it was fairly easy for me to support James Earl Carter, Jr. I didnt start voting until 1986, but I can proudly say that I have never voted for a Republican in my life. That timethat moment in historythat initial emergence of political sentience made all the difference for me as a political person.
I would be curious to hear your own, unique stories. When did you become politically sentient? How did that historical moment affect your politics?
-Laelth
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1960 or earlier | |
4 (13%) |
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1961-1963 | |
3 (10%) |
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1964-1968 | |
7 (23%) |
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1969-1976 | |
5 (16%) |
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1977-1980 | |
3 (10%) |
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1981-1992 | |
6 (19%) |
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1993-2000 | |
0 (0%) |
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2001-2008 | |
2 (6%) |
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2009-2016 | |
1 (3%) |
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2017-Present | |
0 (0%) |
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