What was the first presidential election you voted in?

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125. Let's see. I turned 18 in 1979, and the next election was 1980 where Reagan beat Jimmy Carter by almost 10 points.

I don't remember who I voted for, although I don't believe I've ever missed an election - my obsessive-compulsiveness won't allow it. Also, I would have been living at college and I vaguely remember being (very) mildly excited about my first election, and grateful that there was a voting station located conveniently on campus at the student center.

Jimmy Carter is one of the few politicians that I have long admired (another being former CA governor Jerry Brown), and he was an engineer, as I was studying to be. I also cringe at the idea of former actors or other "celebrities" running for public office. So, if I had to bet, I would guess that I voted for Jimmy Carter (or against Reagan, not sure which would have been my greater motivation). So that may have been the first of many losing elections for me.