# Who was the first person you ever voted for?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 12, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-person-you-ever-voted-for/218479 "2003-12-12T01:01:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-person-you-ever-voted-for/218479/61 "2003-12-13T23:41:55Z")

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In 5th grade we had a mock election in my classroom. Reagan won by a landslide. Carter got maybe two votes (this was an urban public school with maybe 30 in the class); Anderson got one (the teacher’s).

I voted for Reagan.

My first **real** election: Dukakis in '88. Let’s _not_ go there. :smack: :rolleyes:

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**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:** [December 14, 2003, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-person-you-ever-voted-for/218479/62 "2003-12-14T01:59:21Z")

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Hm, in my earlier post I remembered a gradeschool ‘prom’ election but forgot my first mock presidential election.

In 1976, in fourth grade, I voted for Ford against Carter. Ford carried my classroom 12-9, but Carter carried the other fourth-grade classroom by a count of 15-5. Therefore, a grateful nation permitted him to ascend to the presidency.

In a later mock election my high school chose Reagan over Mondale, 72% to 28%. Quite the landslide, but nothing compared to a high school about 75 miles away, where Reagan received **100%** of the student vote. And probably would again today.

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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-person-you-ever-voted-for/218479/63 "2003-12-14T02:04:31Z")

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John F. Kennedy

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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-person-you-ever-voted-for/218479/64 "2003-12-14T07:25:33Z")

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1980- Phil Crane in the primary, Reagan in the general election  
84- Reagan, 88- Jack Kemp in the primary, Bush -general, 92- Bush, 96- I think Phil Graham primary, Dole general, 2000 Bush I think in both

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