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The first President you voted for
Lady Rae
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Well we have all told who was President when we were born... I was born in November of 1979 so Carter was still in 🥺 the first Presidential election I voted in was George W Bush against Al Gore.
I did not vote for Al Gore.
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Ford, but he lost to Jimmy Carter.😝 Bob
Voted for Nixon in my first election.
Ronald Reagan…second term
George Bush 1
🇺🇲 "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇲
Same here.
Nixon, didn’t really care about politics back then, but he started troop withdrawal and got me home a couple of months early. So he got my vote.
Ronald Reagan…first term
The Gipper!!😉
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I had two Jersey bulls... My first was born the day Ronald Reagan passed away his name was Dutch the other one was the Gipper. Now I've had so many I can't remember all there names.
"Independence Now, Independence Forever."
John Adams
JFK, could not abide Nixon.
The first president I voted for was Carter (vs. Reagan). I was in first grade and we were holding elections in my class. My reasoning was: we seem to be doing ok with the current guy (little did I know).
Now, for the first presidential election where my vote counted (I think) I voted against Impeached President Clinton, during his first election.
Now for the first presidential election where my vote counted (I think) where I voted FOR a candidate was GWB, in his first term. Wow. What a mistake that was!
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Carter: but everyone makes one major * up and at least have the guts to admit it.
We all got snookered on that one.
Nixon. He ended the draft.
JFK
Ronald Reagan…first term......
Barry Goldwater
Ronald Reagan
Campaigned for Nixon . Not old enough to vote then . As someone said I screwed up and voted for Carter..Never again !
Ike
I truly do not remember
The way I feel somedays I think it was Washington .. that crossing the Delaware stunt hooked me
Served under Carter starting at 17, but did not vote for him once I was old enough I supported Ronnie Regan.
Ronald Reagan…first term
This question has brought back some of my 1976, inexperienced 20 year old thoughts and memories. I voted for Gerald Ford mainly because he was from my home state. Looking back, pretty silly reasoning on my part. This does tell me a little something about what might go on in the minds of today's young voters though.
Fast forward a few years to the Carter vs Reagan election. My thinking then just could not get a handle on a Hollywood actor becoming a US President! It just seemed like a cheapening of our most revered high office. Politics really had absolutely nothing to do with my early voting decisions. I guess you could say that I sure wish I knew back then what I know now, but then again........I could say that about a LOT of things!
Another here for Reagan's first term.
In 1968 our school held a mock election. My parents were democrats and I thought I was, too. Nixon’s win soured me on voting for a bit. I was at MCRD San Diego in October of 1980 and we were more-or-less ordered to fill out absentee ballot requests. I knew for a fact that it was too late and I declined to participate in this waste of time and was promptly escorted out of the air conditioned class room to do bends & thrusts in the nearby sand box. Up until the time I became a property owner my philosophy was, “Why vote? It only encourages them.” Donald Trump would be the only president I have voted for.
Nixon
Joe
Reagan, first term.
I guess we're all putting a time stamp on ourselves.
Reagan first term
Began service shortly after he was inaugurated. For the next 4 years I personally observed the demise of our military under his leadership. I cant think of a worse CINC. Both BHO & Clinton were much better than him.
In 1980 I was still trying to break free from the influence of the public school system and the media. I liked Reagan but voted for third party candidate John Anderson. Voted for Reagan for his second term though.
@chiefr carter was one of the main reasons I didn't reup for a second term in Army... he was elected about 2 weeks after I joined... Never had even heard of him until one day had to do pushups because I didn't know our "new" CiC...
McGovern. He was going to de-criminalize weed and I was young.
I voted AGAINST Nixon my first two times up. Knew he was a crook going in.
windy
Ronald Reagan