# Whom have you voted for? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 15, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085 "2008-10-15T20:20:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/21 "2008-10-15T23:19:39Z")
'76: Carter '80: Anderson '84: Mondale '88: Dukakis '92: Clinton '96: Clinton '00: Gore '04: Kerry '08: Obama in the primary, will vote for him again in three weeks. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/22 "2008-10-15T23:20:20Z")
1972: McGovern 1976: Carter 1980: Carter 1984: Mondale 1988: Dukakis 1992: Clinton 1996: Clinton 2000: Gore 2004: Kerry I’m consistent, but not often on the winning side. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/23 "2008-10-15T23:54:12Z")
1972 – McGovern 1976 – Eugene McCarthy as a write in. 1980 – John Anderson 1984 – Walter Mondale 1986 – Michael Dukakis 1992 – Bill Clinton 1996 – Bill Clinton 2000 – Al Gore 2004 – John Kerry ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/24 "2008-10-16T00:44:18Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > Interesting choices. > > For me: > > 2000: Bush (If I had it to do over, I’d vote Gore) > 2004: Kerry > 2008: Not voting. \May I ask why you’re not voting this year? Feel free to ignore me/tell me it’s none of my damn business, but I’m just curious.\ 2004: Kerry (in NJ) 2008: No one in the primary, will be Obama in the general (in NM). ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/25 "2008-10-16T00:45:09Z")
1996 – Clinton 2000 – Gore 2004 – Kerry 2008 – Obama (haven’t yet, but will) ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/26 "2008-10-16T01:00:06Z")
2004: Kerry 2000: Bush 1996: No One '96 was the first year I was eligible but it was the beginning of my second year in the Army and I didn’t know how to go about getting an absentee ballot. And plus none of the other guys in my platoon were voting so it wasn’t the cool thing to do anyway. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/27 "2008-10-16T01:04:11Z")
1988 Bush 1992 Clinton 1996 Clinton 2000 No one. I was moving during that time period and couldn’t register in my new state nor get an absentee ballot in time. 2004 Kerry 2008 Obama (early vote already cast) ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/28 "2008-10-16T01:12:50Z")
2004- Wrote in Abraham Lincoln in the Republican primary (California has open primaries, and my House seat is one that is decided in Republican primaries), Kerry in the general. 2008- Richardson in the primary (I liked him better, and the Reps won’t have let me participate in the primary this year anyway), Obama once my ballot arrives for the general. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/29 "2008-10-16T01:30:31Z")
1992 - Perot 1996 - Clinton 2000 - Bush 2004 - Bush 2008 - I’m still on the fence and watching the debate right now. ---
**Author:** ![Pithy\_Moniker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8dc957/32.png) [@Pithy\_Moniker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pithy_Moniker)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/30 "2008-10-16T01:43:28Z")
1996 - Dole 2000 - Bush (I’m so sorry) 2004 - Kerry 2008 - I plan to vote for Obama ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/31 "2008-10-16T02:40:21Z")
1988 - The other guy (apparently Dukakis, I know it wasn’t Bush) 1992 - Perot 1996 - Someone that didn’t win, maybe Perot again? 2000 & 2004 - Libertarian whatsisname 2008 - Haven’t voted yet. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/32 "2008-10-16T02:56:01Z")
1976 Carter 1980 Carter 1984 I think I wrote my own name in this year, under the theory that I was finally old enough. Except I wasn’t; I realized the next day that I had mixed it up with the House of Representatives. I may have been high at the time. It didn’t change the election- Reagan would have won anyway. 1988 Dukakis 1992 Clinton (I had grown out of writing in my own name by this time.) 1996 Clinton 2000 Nader 2004 Kerry ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/33 "2008-10-16T03:02:25Z")
1992 (eligible to vote only by 2 weeks!) Clinton 1996 Clinton 2000 Gore 2004 Kerry I’ll be voting for Obama this year. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/34 "2008-10-16T03:13:37Z")
1996 I turned 18, but after the election. I would’ve voted Bob Dole. 2000 I almost voted for George Bush, but actually voted for Harry Browne. 2004 John Kerry. I almost voted for Michael Badnarik, but changed my mind at the last minute. 2008 I voted for Barack Obama in the primary and plan to do so again on Nov. 4. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/35 "2008-10-16T03:20:01Z")
1996: Clinton 2000: Bush 2004: Kerry 2008: Obama ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/36 "2008-10-16T03:29:55Z")
I’ve been eligible to vote since 1993. 1996: Nobody (out of country, didn’t absentee) 2000: Gore (out of country, this time picked up my absentee ballot) 2004: Nobody (back in US, forgot to register) 2008: Obama (early) Holy crap. I never realized that this was the first time I voted in a federal election in America. Voting absentee wasn’t nearly as fun as playing with the touch screens! ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/37 "2008-10-16T03:38:29Z")
1988 Dukakis 1992 Perot (He was a crazy nutbag, but at least DIFFERENT) 1996 Clinton (Only one where the candidate I voted for won.) 2000 Gore (Did actually win. We’ve all read the reports.) 2004 Didn’t vote, disgusted and in despair–I knew I didn’t care for W\*, and I didn’t really care for Kerry either. 2008 Will vote for Obama. (I tried to keep an open mind for a long time, b/c I do have a lot of respect for McCain. His choice of Palin and a few of his policies ended the dithering.) - I am a naturalized Texan, but I’m proud to say that I’ve never once voted for him. In any election. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/38 "2008-10-16T04:10:29Z")
> [@Ataraxy](#): > > 1996 I turned 18, but after the election. I would’ve voted Bob Dole. > 2000 I almost voted for George Bush, but actually voted for Harry Browne. > 2004 John Kerry. I almost voted for Michael Badnarik, but changed my mind at the last minute. > 2008 I voted for Barack Obama in the primary and plan to do so again on Nov. 4. Badnarik! That’s the one. I know I voted for him last time and suspect I voted for Browne in 2000. Thanks **Ataraxy**. I’m tempted to vote Republican for the first time this year, but based on previous elections I’ll probably go with Bob Barr (We Bob’s have to stick together, you know) ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/39 "2008-10-16T04:47:44Z")
1996: Dole. (Shut up; I was young and impressionable.) 2000: Gore. 2004: Kerry. 2008: Obama. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085/40 "2008-10-16T05:37:23Z")
2004 Kerry 2000 Gore 1996 Clinton 1992 Clinton 1988 Dukakis 1984 Mondale 1980 Carter 1976 Carter 1972 McGovern Saturday is the first day of early voting in Nevada - I will be one of those in line to vote for Obama. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-have-you-voted-for/468085.md?page=3)