# The first winning presidential candidate you voted for **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260 **Category:** In My Humble Opinion **Created:** [April 9, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260 "2007-04-09T03:26:37Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 2
### Author: ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45) #### Post date: [April 9, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/21 "2007-04-09T20:15:10Z")
I’ve been voting since 1968, and Clinton’s been the only winner. (except for Gore, who \*\*won the election \*\*of 2000. ---
### Author: ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul) #### Post date: [April 9, 2007, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/22 "2007-04-09T21:47:47Z")
I had 3 wins in a row (Bush I, Clinton, Clinton) then 2 losses in a row (Gore, Kerry). Hope that doesn’t turn into 3 straight, also. ---
### Author: ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict) #### Post date: [April 9, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/23 "2007-04-09T23:51:06Z")
Jimmy Carter, baby! After that, it was a bit of a dry spell, well 12 years. ---
### Author: ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump) #### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/24 "2007-04-10T00:09:04Z")
Nixon 72. ---
### Author: ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander) #### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/25 "2007-04-10T00:18:31Z")
Clinton '96. It’s kinda like winning a championship as a rookie–you think it’s that easy every time… I know better now! ---
### 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: [April 10, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/26 "2007-04-10T02:26:25Z")
I get to vote next year. Looks like I may have a good chance of joining this thread… ---
### Author: ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack) #### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/27 "2007-04-10T03:38:13Z")
Clinton in '92. And again in '96. Voted for Mondale in '84 and Dukakis in '88. Would have voted for Anderson in 1980 if I’d been two years older. ---
### Author: ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo) #### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/28 "2007-04-10T03:41:17Z")
Clinton '92 ---
### Author: ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy) #### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/29 "2007-04-10T03:44:54Z")
Haven’t picked a winner yet. Dole in '96 (I was brainwashed by my Clinton-hating father at the time, which I greatly regret now.) Gore in '00 Kerry in '04 ---
### Author: ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri) #### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/30 "2007-04-10T03:50:10Z")
Carter in 1976. It was my second presidential election, having voted for McGovern in 1972. I voted for the winner in 1992 and 1996; the loser in 1980, 1984, 1988, 2000, and 2004. ---
### Author: ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung) #### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/31 "2007-04-10T04:12:19Z")
None yet. I voted Gore and Kerry in '00 and '04. I await my next failure with bated breath. ---
### Author: ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe) #### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/32 "2007-04-10T05:01:30Z")
Lyndon Johnson – 1964 – The first time I voted. I guess you could say I got a “hole” in one. :dubious: ---
### Author: ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam) #### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/33 "2007-04-10T05:10:47Z")
My voting record is the same as the OP’s, but add Eldridge Cleaver in 1968. So Clinton was my first winner too. ---
### Author: ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars) #### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/34 "2007-04-10T05:37:08Z")
[QUOTE=Zoe] Lyndon Johnson – 1964 – The first time I voted. I guess you could say I got a “hole” in one. :dubious: [/QUOTE] 😛 I LOST in that one! Won with Tricky Dick in '68 though. ---
### Author: ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia) #### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/35 "2007-04-10T15:16:59Z")
I’m 27, so I’ve never voted for a winner. Do you have any idea how depressing that is? ---
### Author: ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad) #### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/36 "2007-04-10T15:41:45Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] Carter in 1976. It was my second presidential election, having voted for McGovern in 1972. I voted for the winner in 1992 and 1996; the loser in 1980, 1984, 1988, 2000, and 2004. [/QUOTE] This mirrors my voting record. Carter remains the only candidate I ever voted for in a **primary** who went on tho win the nomination. ---
### Author: ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach) #### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/37 "2007-04-10T15:49:27Z")
G. H. W. Bush ---
### Author: ![Mrs.Millamant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@Mrs.Millamant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Millamant) #### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/38 "2007-04-10T17:33:57Z")
I’m with those who have only been able to vote in the last two presidential elections, and have thus far voted for candidates who did not become president. (Avoiding the question of who “won.”) At least the candidates in question carried my state, though those electoral college votes weren’t enough. ---
### Author: ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer) #### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/39 "2007-04-10T18:24:35Z")
[QUOTE=Eureka] Clinton in '92, first time I voted–had been 18 for less than a month. [/QUOTE] Same here, except that I was 21. I was 10 months too young for the 1988 elections. ---
### Author: ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo) #### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/40 "2007-04-10T20:27:27Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] 1st: 1976, Ford 2nd: 1980, Reagan. [/QUOTE] Uh, Ford lost in '76. :dubious: Had I been a couple of years older I would have voted for Carter in '76. My first win (and only republican vote) was with Bush in '88. He was a much better president than his son. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260.md?page=3)