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#97346 - 05/06/08 01:07 PM
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Kimmbberr
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Since this is an interesting year for elections, who was running the first time ever you could vote for a president?
1980: Ronny Reagan and Jimmy Carter. I was 20 years old and was very excited to finally get to vote. On a sad note, disco was dying.
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#97347 - 05/06/08 01:24 PM
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MIss Priss
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1976 - Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford
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#97348 - 05/06/08 02:03 PM
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NiteNinja00
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I am voting for the first time today!
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#97349 - 05/06/08 02:04 PM
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Kimmbberr
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Registered: 10/04/99
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Loc: Corvallis, Oregon
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How exciting for you!
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#97350 - 05/06/08 02:17 PM
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14tonks
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First campaign button I wore was for Adlai Stevenson--1952. (Here it is 56 years later, and that too intellectual to get the votes crap is still with us. The more things change...)
First campaign I canvassed for was John F. Kennedy--1960 (well, okay, I was really out there for my father, who was running for the state legislature).
First candidate I actually voted for, and everyone else should have, was George McGovern--1972. (Sure, go ahead and finally pass the 26th amendment after I don't need it anymore. Of course, if I could have voted in 1968, I would have had to write in Eugene McCarthy. Pout.)
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#97353 - 05/06/08 03:25 PM
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ahvasquez
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1984: Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale.
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#97354 - 05/06/08 03:30 PM
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BlankKeys
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First time I was eligible to vote in a presidental election was in 1984. I voted for Ronald Reagan. (Wish there were still candidates like him.) Oddly enough, that was also the year a woman - Geraldine Ferraro - was on the ticket for Democratic vice president. Wonder what she thinks of Hillary?
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#97358 - 05/06/08 04:58 PM
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MattsKat
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First candidate I actually voted for, and everyone else should have, was George McGovern--1972.
Sure, go ahead and finally pass the 26th amendment after I don't need it anymore.
Ah! No wonder I can't remember who I voted for in 1968 -- I didn't. 
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#97359 - 05/06/08 05:04 PM
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sanchezgal
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Registered: 12/28/06
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Since this is an interesting year for elections, who was running the first time ever you could vote for a president?
It was 1984, Mondale v. Reagan.
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#97360 - 05/06/08 05:09 PM
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Annie
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Like others in this thread - 1984 - Mondale vs Reagan.
Those of you who know my political slant will probably be shocked to know that I voted for Mondull...um..I mean Mondale. 
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#97402 - 05/07/08 12:14 PM
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bobbcat
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First candidate for POTUS I pulled the lever for: Nixon.
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#98229 - 05/18/08 04:15 PM
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casagrandeMT
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Registered: 12/05/04
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1984.
I missed the 1980 election - I was 17 and couldn't vote. But, I got extra credit in Social Studies campaigning for Reagan in Calif. - this was in Santa Barbara which was truly Reagan Country.
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#98238 - 05/18/08 06:59 PM
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Doug Jones
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Loc: Indian Lake, NY
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1976 - Carter and Ford.
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#98242 - 05/18/08 07:45 PM
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baldymom
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Loc: Hampton Roads - Va
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I don't think of myself as a young'n, but I must be in this crowd.
The first election I could have voted in was Clinton vs. Bush, but I don't remember casting a ballot. I know I voted in the Clinton vs. Dole election in 1996.
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#98260 - 05/19/08 08:47 AM
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NiteNinja00
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Registered: 01/14/03
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Loc: Indianapolis
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The first I could have voted in was 2000, Bush and Gore.
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