### Author:  [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/41 "2007-04-10T20:52:20Z")
[QUOTE=Mrs. Millamant]
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.
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\ Imagine what it’s like to be me, in this state, knowing voting in the national elections is kind of like peeing in the ocean.
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### Author:  [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/42 "2007-04-10T21:16:55Z")
Count the Democratic Presidents since 1972 - I voted for them.
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### Author:  [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/43 "2007-04-10T21:21:01Z")
My first election, Bush '88.
Then it got bad - I voted for Bush in '92 and Dole in '96 and lost both
Then it got worse - I voted for Bush2 in '00 and '04 and won both
Goodness, I’ve voted for a Bush in 4 out of the last 5 elections. I’m not proud of that.
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### Author:  [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/44 "2007-04-10T22:36:57Z")
Lbj
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### Author:  [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/45 "2007-04-10T23:54:26Z")
Carter in '76
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### Author:  [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/46 "2007-04-11T00:28:09Z")
Four presidential elections and I’m still batting .000
Can I pick 'em or what?
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### Author:  [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/47 "2007-04-11T00:30:04Z")
1992, Clinton.
The first presidential election I was eligible to vote in was 1988.
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### Author:  [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/48 "2007-04-11T00:32:18Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?]
The year I turned 18:
1988: Voted Bush in the Primaries and I then voted for Bill the Cat in the Election as I disliked Bush’s pandering to the far right by picking Dan Quayle.
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Somewhere I still have my “Don’t Blame Me, I Voted For Bill and Opus” tee. I really need to dig that out.
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2007, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/49 "2007-04-11T12:10:42Z")
[QUOTE=Si Amigo]
Uh, Ford lost in '76.
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Err… yes, everything I’ve read supports that claim. It was the 1st election I voted in and my candidate didn’t win until the 2nd. Perhaps I could have phrased it better.
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### Author:  [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2007, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/50 "2007-04-11T12:30:30Z")
Never happened. The first presidential election I was old enough to vote in was in '00 and I voted for Gore. In '04, I voted for Kerry. Now that I’m used to losing, I think I’ll try voting for really crazy candidates with absolutely no chance of winning, like from the Socialist Libertarian Party or something. I’d hate to see the Democrats getting all the fun of my vote of doom.
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### Author:  [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2007, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/51 "2007-04-11T13:04:08Z")
My first was Nixon in 1968. I still thought I was a Republican at the time because my parents were and I hadn’t really thought about it. By the time I realized that Nixon actually _ **was** _ a crook I had already thrown my vote away.
The only winner I ever voted for that I actually liked was Carter in '76. But by 1980, as good a man as I thought Carter was, I also thought he was ineffective, and I was pissed about the Panama canal, so I ended up voting for Reagan. Damn! I haven’t gotten one right yet!
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### Author:  [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-winning-presidential-candidate-you-voted-for/399260/52 "2007-04-11T13:24:46Z")
[QUOTE=Enfant Terrible]
Clinton '96.
It’s kinda like winning a championship as a rookie–you think it’s that easy every time… I know better now!
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Same here. I was eighteen.
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