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In reply to the discussion: What was the first presidential election you voted in? [View all]young_at_heart
(3,819 posts)40. 1960
I was 21 and I voted for Kennedy.
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I was only about six at the time so I wasn't aware of what was happening
Xavier Breath
Nov 2023
#111
Nixon used dirty tricks to eliminate the 3 possible Dems who might have beaten him in 1972
FakeNoose
Nov 2023
#20
2016, a couple weeks after I turned 20. I voted in the 2014 midterms as well, and every election since.
Celerity
Nov 2023
#23
I've lived in Texas for over 40 years. I would like to say my candidate won, but no
LeftInTX
Nov 2023
#53
1976. I voted for Gerald Ford, but in 1980 I turned around and voted for Carter over Raygun
LeftInTX
Nov 2023
#48
My first vote was in a presidential primary in California in 1972, I voted for Shirley Chisholm, I will always be proud
Walleye
Nov 2023
#65
Me too. I want to live in an America where Shirley Chisolm could be elected President.
retread
Nov 2023
#67
It's funny in those days I was never thinking of "electability". She probably would've done better than McGovern
Walleye
Nov 2023
#68
Yes, but in 1968, when I was 20, I couldn't vote. The age changed in 1971.
sinkingfeeling
Nov 2023
#147
Born in '36 so I believe 1960. I do still remember standing in the snow on that really cold snowy day to cast my vote.
justhanginon
Nov 2023
#88
1960 for me as well. Born mid-Nov. 1935, so just missed 1956 by one week!
No Vested Interest
Nov 2023
#135
I thought everyone remembered their first election like it was clear as a bell
Polybius
Nov 2023
#160
Voted for George McGovern. Also worked with him making his regional TV commercials.
Liberal In Texas
Nov 2023
#97
JFK. I must be the oldest DUer on this thread up to now! That makes me feel VERY old.
CTyankee
Nov 2023
#115
Let's see. I turned 18 in 1979, and the next election was 1980 where Reagan beat Jimmy Carter by almost 10 points.
HeartachesNhangovers
Nov 2023
#125
1964. Johnson vs. Goldwater. American democracy was at stake in that one, as well.
DavidDvorkin
Nov 2023
#131