# How's your presidential voting record? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 30, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280 "2008-10-30T17:55:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/1 "2008-10-30T17:55:29Z")
Looking back, it shows how my values changed throughout the years. It also shows I’m bad at picking them. I’m 1-4 (.250), and boy, that one cost us. Sorry. 1992: Perot (L) 1996: Dole (L) 2000: Bush (W) 2004: Kerry (L) 2008: Obama (?) How about you? ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/2 "2008-10-30T18:19:19Z")
1984 - Mondale (loser) 1988 - Dukakis (loser) 1992 - Clinton (winner) 1996 - Clinton (winner) 2000 - Gore (loser) 2004 - Kerry (loser) 2008 - Obama In 2013, I’ll be 50/50 in backing the winner:D ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/3 "2008-10-30T18:20:45Z")
> [@MadPansy64](#): > > 1984 - Mondale (loser) > 1988 - Dukakis (loser) > 1992 - Clinton (winner) > 1996 - Clinton (winner) > 2000 - Gore (loser) > 2004 - Kerry (loser) > 2008 - Obama > > In 2013, I’ll be 50/50 in backing the winner:D Same, except I wasn’t old enough to vote until 96. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/4 "2008-10-30T18:38:36Z")
I’m 0-1 so far (And yes, I’ve voted in every election I could vote for). Let’s hope I can notch a W up this time around to tie up the score. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/5 "2008-10-30T18:39:19Z")
1980 - Carter 1984 - Mondale 1988 - Dukakis 1992 - Perot 1996 - Perot 2000 - Nader (I think) 2004 - Kerry 2008 - Barr or Obama Only one winner in the bunch, so far. ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/6 "2008-10-30T18:44:39Z")
1992 Andre Marrou (Lib) 1996 Bill Clinton 2000 Ralph Nader 2004 John Kerry 2008 Barack Obama 1-4, looking to go 2-4! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/7 "2008-10-30T18:54:14Z")
Just Obama for me. (I was 16 and pissed in 2004.) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/8 "2008-10-30T19:17:42Z")
1996 Clinton (W) 2000 Gore (L by technicality) 2004 Kerry (L) ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/9 "2008-10-30T19:27:49Z")
I’m 0-5, soon to be 0-6. Granted, I haven’t voted for a major party candidate since 1988, but I don’t regret any vote except that one. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/10 "2008-10-30T19:39:52Z")
I’m ashamed to admit I didn’t vote until the last presidential election (lost.) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/11 "2008-10-30T19:46:44Z")
I’m 28 years old and I have never been able to vote for a winner. Come on, seven come eleven! Mama needs a new pair of shoes! ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/12 "2008-10-30T19:55:15Z")
1988 - Bush (W) 1992 - Bush (L) 1996 - Dole (L) 2000 - Bush (W) 2004 - Kerry (L) 2008 - Obama I wasn’t thrilled with Bush when I voted for him in 2000 (I supported McCain in the primary.) I would have voted for anyone other than Bush in 2004. Even though I’m still a registered Republican, I do not agree with the direction the party has taken in recent years. I’m a free-market fiscal conservative with some libertarian tendencies. I am not a social conservative, and I feel the GOP has been hijacked by the religious right in recent years. I currently think the country is on the wrong track, and I do not think that 2008-vintage McCain is the one to fix it. If Obama wins, I’ll be batting 0.500. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/13 "2008-10-30T20:03:27Z")
1992 - Clinton (W) 1996 - Clinton (W) 2000 - Gore (L) 2004 - Kerry (L) 2008 - Obama I was just barely old enough to vote for Dukakis, but I didn’t. Although I do remember having campaign signs on our front lawn, and I know my mother did. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/14 "2008-10-30T20:03:38Z")
1988 - Bush (W) 1992 - Clinton (W) 1996 - Clinton (W) 2000 - Gore (W but lost due to a technicality 😛 ) 2004 - Kerry (L) 2008 - Obama (90% for a win, I’d guess) So, 3-2, hoping for 4-2. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/15 "2008-10-30T20:15:33Z")
I’ve never tried to vote in a winner before. 2000- didn’t vote 2004 - David Cobb ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/16 "2008-10-30T20:24:26Z")
72 - lost 76 - won 80 - lost 84 - lost 88 - lost 92 - won 96 - won 00 - lost 04 - lost 08 - ? - voting for Obama ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/17 "2008-10-30T20:27:08Z")
1996 - Dole (L) 2000 - Didn’t Vote (UGH! WHYY?) 2004 - Kerry (L) 2008 - Obama _fingers crossed_ ---
**Author:** ![Dolukhanova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@Dolukhanova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dolukhanova)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/18 "2008-10-30T20:36:57Z")
1984 - Mondale (L) 1988 - Dukakis (L) 1992 - Clinton (W) 1996 - Clinton (W) 2000 - Gore (L) 2004 - Bush (W) 2008 - McCain ---
**Author:** ![CAT\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@CAT\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAT_1)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/19 "2008-10-30T20:37:46Z")
1992 - Clinton (winner) 1996 - Clinton (winner) 2000 - Gore (loser) 2004 - Kerry (loser) 2008 - Obama I am 43, and could have started voting in 84, but don’t think I voted until 1992. I may have voted in college once, but can’t even remember who it was for. It may have been Mondale. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280/20 "2008-10-30T21:13:07Z")
I really need to sit down and figure out my grandmother’s voting record. She’s Republican, so would have voted for the Republican candidates, starting with Herbert Hoover in 1928. But I think I remember her saying she voted for FDR, I need to ask about that. Grandma has a McCain/Palin sticker in her room at the nursing home, so I guess that’s who she voted for this time. 21 straight presidential elections. Quite a record. If she could have voted at eighteen, the way folks can now, it would be twenty-two. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-your-presidential-voting-record/470280.md?page=2)