# What was the first Presidential election in which you voted?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-presidential-election-in-which-you-voted/272592
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 2, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-presidential-election-in-which-you-voted/272592 "2004-11-02T19:14:04Z")
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### Author:  [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-presidential-election-in-which-you-voted/272592/81 "2004-11-03T16:02:57Z")
This was my first election, as I was a little over two years too young in 2000.
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### Author:  [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-presidential-election-in-which-you-voted/272592/82 "2004-11-03T16:30:12Z")
I dutifully voted in two local elections before voting in the 1988 Presidential election.
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### Author:  [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-presidential-election-in-which-you-voted/272592/83 "2004-11-03T16:44:06Z")
1972 here also. My very first time to vote was a presidential election. YAY!
On a side note, that was also the year GA lowered the legal drinking age to 18, which got raised back to 21 several years later. So, I got to vote and get legally drunk on the same day. 😃
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