# When was the first presidential election you voted in and who did you vote for? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 9, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245 "2007-04-09T01:28:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/41 "2007-04-09T05:07:22Z")
Kerry in 2004. ---
**Author:** ![Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/42 "2007-04-09T05:26:58Z")
2000 - George W. Bush (Yes, I admit it) ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/43 "2007-04-09T05:42:55Z")
[QUOTE=DianaG] Clinton in 1992 [/QUOTE] Same here. ---
**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, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/44 "2007-04-09T05:44:57Z")
I campaigned for Goldwater in '64, but was too young to vote (\<21). I voted for Humphrey in '68, only because he wasn’t Nixon. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/45 "2007-04-09T06:23:12Z")
I voted for Bush in 1988 (and regretted it by 1989). ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/46 "2007-04-09T15:28:52Z")
1984, David Bergland. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/47 "2007-04-09T15:43:31Z")
I was first eligible to vote in 2004, and despite sending in my voter registration papers in order and on time, a clerical error resulted in my not being registered to vote until the week _after_ the election. Thanks, government. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/48 "2007-04-09T15:44:25Z")
L.B.J. in 64. I walked the streets collecting money for Adlai Stevenson earlier than that. Little kid into politics. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/49 "2007-04-09T16:09:23Z")
I voted for Bush in 88,which is the only time I have voted. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/50 "2007-04-09T16:23:27Z")
Jimmy Carter in 1976. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/51 "2007-04-09T16:32:36Z")
1988, I was 18 at the time. I voted for George Bush. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/52 "2007-04-09T17:20:43Z")
1988 George HW Bush. Last time I’ve voted for a Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/53 "2007-04-09T18:46:15Z")
Lotta love here for John Anderson. He had my vote as well in 1980. I would have been eligible to vote in 1976, but don’t recall doing so. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/54 "2007-04-09T19:27:26Z")
I wasn’t eligible to vote for a president until I was 24 (voting age was 21 then, and when I turned 21 I voted in several local elections). It’s hard for my now-conservative self to believe, but in 1972 I voted for George McGovern. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/55 "2007-04-09T19:59:00Z")
I turned 21 in July 1972, so that would have been the first election I was eligible to vote in. I probably voted for Nixon; my father thought he was courageous for instituting the wage-price freeze a few years earlier, and that he was doing a good job of getting us out of Vietnam (even at 21, I was too young to have my own political thoughts.) McGovern, I probably thought at the time, was just an embarrassment. Wow, talk about embarrassed! ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/56 "2007-04-09T21:19:09Z")
'00 - Jefferson. At the time, it was really more a vote against Adams. Totalitarian bastard. ---
**Author:** ![rayman5321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@rayman5321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayman5321)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/57 "2007-05-20T13:48:57Z")
'76 and for Carter. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/58 "2007-05-20T16:15:16Z")
I registered Republican in the state of Connecticut in 1980 so I could support John Anderson. After Reagan got the nomination I cast my vote for [Dr. Barry Commoner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commoner_Barry) of the Citizen’s Party, which was sorta an early version of the Greens. I couldn’t stand the idea of supporting Carter and I was under the impression that my fellow Americans could not be so stupid as to vote Ronald Reagan into the Oval Office. Since then, I have made it my priority to always support the lesser evil. ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/59 "2007-05-20T16:33:27Z")
Gore in 2000. I was 18. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-first-presidential-election-you-voted-in-and-who-did-you-vote-for/399245/60 "2007-05-20T17:38:02Z")
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