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rpf113 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 08:40 AM
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Poll question: How many Presidential elections have you voted in?
This is a poll from our good friend FreeperSlayer.
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rpf113 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 08:41 AM
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1. 2nd one for me
hopefully the winner will actually become president this time, and it will be the Democrat.
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FreeperSlayer Donating Member (666 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 08:42 AM
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2. Gracias, RPF
This will be my ninth. So far, won three, lost five. No wait won four, lost four; had one stolen.
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 08:48 AM
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3. Proudly casting a Democratic vote since 1972 and Richard Nixon!
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Beam Me Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 11:45 AM
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15. DITTO n/t
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maddezmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 08:50 AM
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4. 5 for me! :)
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Bronco69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 08:52 AM
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5. My first election was
Raygun/Carter. My dad always stressed the importance of voting and even took me to the polls with him when I was a kid. I can't imagine ever missing a chance to vote.
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Drifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 08:57 AM
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6. I'm a little embarrassed ...
but I have voted in 3. Only 2 of which counted. I'm 40. I did not vote in the 80's when Reagan/Bush were bankrupting America, even though I preferred every Dem candidate. I was not politically motivated either way. I considered myself an anti-Republican, rather than a Democrat.

In 1992, I Voted For a Change. A few weeks after the election, I received a note saying the my vote was thrown away (I forget why).

Cheers
Drifter
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 08:59 AM
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7. Real elections? Just 2 -- I turned 18 in 1993
Mock elections....let's see...
I voted for
•Reagan '84 (hey, everyone else was doing it)
Thus endeth my Republicanism.

•Dukakis '88
•Clinton '92 (Jerry Brown in my U.S. History class mock primary)

And then the real election. Clinton '96 (no primary), sat out the 2000 primary (Gore was assured a win by then, and I was out of town, so it wasn't worth getting an absentee ballot), Gore 2000.
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 09:02 AM
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8. this one will be my third
And first time voting Democrat (for president, anyway)
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NicRic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 09:07 AM
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9. Carter frist time !
I always vote a straight Dem ticket , I have never voted for a repuglician and never will !
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Smirnoff Donating Member (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 09:10 AM
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10. I'm young!
This will be my first I was only 17 in 2000!
:beer:
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Ninga Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 09:38 AM
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12. I voted for Kennedy
I voted for Johnson
I voted for Humphry
I voted for McGovern
I Voted for Carter
I voted for Carter
I voted for Mondale
I voted for Dukackis
I voted for Clinton
I voted for Clinton
I voted for Gore

I will vote for Dean.
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Beaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 09:35 AM
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11. john anderson got my cherry in 1980.
nt
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 09:43 AM
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13. Missed '88 by a week
3
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 09:49 AM
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14. Every one since I cast my vote for McGovern
Edited on Fri Jan-30-04 09:50 AM by MaineDem
And I was always right...even if my candidate didn't win. :)
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 11:47 AM
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16. This Will Be My 8th.
First one was 1976. I voted for Carter. In the words of Red Forman "How could you have pardoned Nixon?" Even at 18 years old, that stuck in my throat.
The Professor
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 11:50 AM
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17. Four (1989, 1994, 1998, 2002)
Edited on Fri Jan-30-04 11:55 AM by JCCyC
Pesidential terms in Brazil were shrunk from 5 years without reelection to 4 years with reelection between 1994 and 1998.

Curiosity: term limits here are only for CONSECUTIVE terms, so, for instance, Mr. Cardoso can try to unseat Lula in 2006. (and he seems willing to do so)

Edit: I reached voting age in 1983, but we were in a dictatorship. Presidential elections were only restored in 1989. (the last one had been in 1960)
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GCP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 11:52 AM
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18. Just became a citizen last year!
Can't wait to vote!! WOOOPEEE
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 11:54 AM
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19. Bush or Dole, 7 out of 8 elections...
I've voted in eight presidential elections, and only ONE didn't have either a Bush or Dole on the Republican Ticket (1972).
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-30-04 12:10 PM
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20. 1964 - LBJ
1968 - (Fifth Amendment)
1972 - (Fifth Amendment)
1976 - (Fifth Amendment)
1980 - (Fifth Amendment)
1984 - Mondale
1988 - ABB
1992 - Clinton
1996 - Clinton
2000 - Gore
2004 - ABB
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