Quick Poll: Who was President when you were born?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

For me it was Ike.

140 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	Clinton
	1 (1%)
	Daddy Bush
	2 (1%)
	Reagan
	7 (5%)
	Carter
	9 (6%)
	Ford
	2 (1%)
	Nixon
	9 (6%)
	LBJ
	15 (11%)
	Kennedy
	18 (13%)
	Ike
	36 (26%)
	Truman - FDR
	41 (29%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[dipsydoodle]

1. Batista.

Fuck him.

[olddots]

2. Millard Filmore

and what a putz he was .

[SummerSnow]

3. LBJ

[The Straight Story]

4. I don't remember. I was a baby and we didn't have the internet back then

[Spitfire of ATJ]

13. Ah HAH!!! Pre-Al Gore!!! Busted!!!!

[yourout]

5. JFK......Feb, 1963.

[magellan]

22. Me too, 1962

Born in Camelot, raised in My Youth in Arcadia....

[kentauros]

61. Same here.

1961

Oh, and my SS# is 010-10-1010

[B2G]

128. Feb 1963 here too n't

[upaloopa]

6. Truman was President when I was born

He lent his motto "The buck stops here" to W who changed it to "The buck never stops"

[AllINeedIsCoffee]

7. Reagan. 1988.

[Blue_In_AK]

8. 1946 - Harry Truman

[HarveyDarkey]

9. Truman

Damn, I'm old

[dorkzilla]

10. Lincoln

Yes, I'm a vampire.

[hobbit709]

11. Karl Renner

[premium]

12. Truman,

Yeah, I'm that old.

[justiceischeap]

14. Nixon. nt

[meaculpa2011]

15. Truman, but...

my Dad was born when Harding was president and he (my Dad, not Harding) is still going strong.

Why does the poll end with FDR?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

19. Polls only go to ten questions.

[steve2470]

101. I'm waiting for someone to say Herbert Hoover :) nt

[awoke_in_2003]

16. Feb 68 would mean LBJ. nt

[bike man]

17. FDR nt

[Wwagsthedog]

29. Me too

[broiles]

62. Me three.

[shraby]

96. Me two doubled

[kskiska]

142. FDR here, too.

I remember seeing Harry Truman at the railroad station as his whistle-stop campaign train rolled through in the election of 48.

[IDemo]

18. George Meany n/t

[mnhtnbb]

20. Truman.

[UserNSAv32]

21. Ike but a few months later JFK became Pres!

***Transmission Over***

[cpwm17]

25. I'm your age

I was born on Presidential Election Day in November, 1960. JFK was elected, but Ike was still President of course.

Also, welcome to DU!

[UserNSAv32]

76. Cool! I wear size 32 undies do you too?

Thanks for the welcome!

[hrmjustin]

23. Carter.

[Brewinblue]

24. January 1960

Ike, perhaps the last truly good Republican leader. Today he would certainly be a Democrat , and far, far to the left of the current party leadership, as well as about 1/3 of DU.

[byeya]

26. FDR - the demographics aren't looking too good for the advertising revenue here at DU.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

28. Next up: Banner ads for The Neptune Society.

[byeya]

30. And ads for clocks that only show the day of the week!

[juajen]

27. FDR - I was born in 1941

Yep, I am up there in age and intelligence.

[byeya]

31. 1941? Jeez you could be a Rolling Stone.

I think Captain Beefheart was born in '41.

[tularetom]

68. Me too

And I still have one eye and nine fingers left.

[one_voice]

32. LBJ

[Maximumnegro]

33. Lot of old farts

that explains a lot.

[olddots]

65. don't get me cranky sonny

I just snorted some Geritol !!!!!

[Maximumnegro]

78. LOL. Nice.nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

81. Naw,...without recs this'll never make the home page...

...so it's more of a reveal of the demographic of those who dig a little deeper.

[LeftishBrit]

34. Kennedy. The British Prime Minister was Harold Macmillan.

[DEMTough]

35. Clinton: 1994

Wow, I feel outnumbered.

[bunnies]

40. Scram, kid.

Just kidding. Welcome to DU.

[DEMTough]

131. Well, Hello To You Too!

[BainsBane]

82. Is that even legal?

God, I feel old.

[DEMTough]

132. I'm Pretty Sure it Is, I'm Proud to say I Voted in the Primary and General Elections last year!

[lumberjack_jeff]

87. Welcome to DU and don't feed the curmudgeons. n/t

[DEMTough]

133. You'll get no issues from me, sir.

[hrmjustin]

102. Welcome my friend! I was born under Carter 78 and Clinton was the first President I voted for in 96.

[DEMTough]

135. Hi there!

My first presidential election was last year and I proudly voted for Obama in both the California primary and general elections!

[hrmjustin]

147. Wow you were 2 when I voted for the first time. Reminds me of some of my sisters kids I took

with me to go vote.

[reusrename]

130. Where were your parents when Kennedy was shot?

[DEMTough]

136. One of Two were around, haha.

[reusrename]

140. Oh noes!

Grandparents I guess?

[DEMTough]

144. I'm not that sure, actually.

Both of my parent's parents were very different, but I'm sure like the vast majority of Americans, they mourned.

I'm so unsure, I couldn't tell you if my mom's family was in the U.S. or working with the Asia foundation abroad.

[reusrename]

153. It's just one of those things.

Everyone from your generation remembers where they were when the towers came down.

My generation it's when Kennedy was shot.


I was 7.

[DEMTough]

161. Yes, I understand.

I remember when the towers went down. That really impacted me, a 7-year-old child. It seems everything has gotten worse since then. Even tonight bears bad news...

[reusrename]

162. It's horrible.

BUT WELCOME TO DU!

[woo me with science]

36. Let's post our Social Security numbers, too!

[bunnies]

39. Oh, dont be poop, woo.

A range of years is hardly that specific. Besides, the gov't already knows those things.

[Half-Century Man]

58. Mine is 000-0-0014

I think I got one from the first week

[olddots]

66. You first and don't forget your mother's maiden name

[ellisonz]

37. Reagan baby right hizzhere

[el_bryanto]

38. Nixon's the one - lousy president - but great time to be born. nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

41. FDR

[Taverner]

42. To those who voted Truman-FDR

What was that like?

Any stories?

What did WWII look like from a child's eyes?

My parents were born under FDR - and I ALWAYS love hearing stories about that time

My mom told me she used to write Tojo's name on TP before using it to "support the war effort" as a four year old

[Spitfire of ATJ]

80. You're right. Testimonials are important since that was a turning point. When wars weren't "cold".

[Taverner]

83. Yes! I once met a woman who was a little girl in one of the NYC skyscrapers on VJ day

She was watching the streets go crazy as a six year old. She said it seemed really funny at the time, and it wasn't until she was a teen that she understood the significance of that moment.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

86. I was a child of the Space Age. By now we were supposed to have a city on the moon.

[Taverner]

89. We ended up with Tang...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

93. Yeah,...and Nixon on the moon plaque.....

He HATED Kennedy and killed the space program because he considered it "a Kennedy thing".

He even got Cape Kennedy renamed back to Cape Canaveral in a lame attempt to erase his legacy. The Republican Party in general HATED the idea of an optimistic global view of the future that included all of mankind. They run on "us vs them".

[Taverner]

94. RMN was always paranoid and played dirty

He viewed himself as some kind of Horatio Alger story, but with a California twist.

He thought of himself as the everyman, but he was really the kid who got bullied in school returning fire in his adult years.

To him the Kennedys WERE the enemy, the secular new America, not the religious fundies' America he grew up with.

He was a Quaker, but not of the Pacifist Variety. Sub-Sub-Sub-Denominations come in all flavors.

And his was strict Evangelical Calvinism - and the Kennedys were the least deserving of their wealth in his eyes.

Wealth produced by SIN.

The Kennedys were, in his eyes, Mozart to his Salieri.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

119. I always thought Nixon was doing a bad Ed Sullivan impression.

[mitchtv]

104. FDR

I remember when Dewey won

[Taverner]

118. That will forever be paired with Faux News 2012

"Here, let me refresh the screen. Wait - let me do it again."

[mitchtv]

125. ha

[Waiting For Everyman]

43. I still remember watching the 1956 presidential campaign on tv.

The first one to be nationally televised. I remember the conventions best of all, moreso than the ads. The news shows were very good then, they taught a lot without being simplistic, yet even as a kid I could understand most of it.

I remember the McCarthy hearings too. And Liberace on daytime tv.

[life long demo]

44. Another FDR

I had to find what year he died, 1945, I was born in 1943. Just because we have some "older" members, doesn't mean we are conservative. I'm just as liberal now as I was in my 20's, if not more.

[madokie]

49. I get more liberal with age

I got a lot of that age thing going on too

[indepat]

55. All who gain wisdom as they age become more liberal imv

[Taverner]

90. What was it like as a kid growing up in Truman's America?

Media paints it as naively brimming with optimism...

My parents were born during the depression - 38 and 39.

Mom remembers very little about FDR's death, but remembers VJ day.

Even (or especially) in Flint, MI they celebrated...

[Wounded Bear]

45. Actually kind of close.....

I was born right around election day 1952, so Truman was actually in office for the next couple of months until Ike's inauguration.

[SiobhanClancy]

116. Me,too...

Close,anyway...born September 25,1952

[MrScorpio]

46. Wow, we got a lot of old fucks on this site

From myself, an almost as old fuck

[GliderGuider]

51. Old fucks, but very good fucks... nt

[adirondacker]

53. Definitely confirms vitality is wasted on the youth. nt

[Half-Century Man]

59. Do not ever think that...

...youth and enthusiasm will always trump skill, experience, and treachery. We were the ones who survived for a reason.

[madokie]

47. A lot of us old

pharts here. Love it.
No disrespect intended.
I was born in march of '48 so I fit in the old pharts part

[MineralMan]

48. Harry Truman.

I was born in July of 1945. I do not remember him. I do remember Eisenhower, though.

[AlinPA]

50. FDR.

[indepat]

52. Early FDR

[SamKnause]

54. President

Ike; 1953.

[skeewee08]

56. Nixon.....

[a la izquierda]

57. Carter

1977

[PennsylvaniaMatt]

60. Clinton...

I'm a junior DUer!

[DEMTough]

137. You and I are curiosities around here!

[PennsylvaniaMatt]

138. Yes we are!

We should go and blast some loud music on the lawns of some of the DUers who were born during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations!!

[DEMTough]

146. Sounds like a plan!

I'll bring snacks.

[Inkfreak]

63. Kinda surprised by the #s so far.

Nothing wrong with that tho. I'm reading & appreciating the wisdom of those who've had more experience than me.

[liberal_at_heart]

64. My daughter is a Millennial and she spends most of her time on Reddit.

She talks about what she reads on Reddit and I talk about what I read on DU. Different mediums but we both end up talking about the same subjects and agreeing on them too.

[BarbaRosa]

67. Truman,

but in all reality...Louis St. Laurent.

[Go Vols]

70. JFK

[Douglas Carpenter]

71. my goodnesss according to this poll around 54% of DU are somewhere around my age or older - I did

not realize I was in the geriatric ward!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

79. So much for the "When you get older you become more Conservative" myth.

[curlyred]

109. 1956. We get smarter and more compassionate as we age

Thus we either stay, or become, progressives.

[ConcernedCanuk]

112. Not an accurate assessment DC

.
.
.

I didn't check your math,

But it may be correct to say that 54% who hang in the LOUNGE are "old"

Maybe us "old folks" got tired of the scrapping in some other forums . . .

I'd be one of them, rarely venture into LBN or GD anymore,

although at one time I was quite active in them.

CC

[korak]

72. The First Atomic Bomb was Exploded in July, 1945.

Nine days later, I was born.

I always attached some significance to that. Made me feel special. Not that I needed the bomb for that, actually! I always loved anything nuclear, however.

Of course, it was just a coincidence. Maybe.

[korak]

75. Additionally, I remember listening to President Truman speaking on our

big TrueTone console radio. I was impressed that I was actually listening to the President. I could not understand why my father was cursing on the other side of the room!

[CK_John]

73. FDR born 1940

[LeftInTX]

74. William Howard Taft

Anyone else?

(Just kidding, but I bet we've got a few Hoovers or Coolidge around here!)

[PragmaticLiberal]

77. Gerald Ford.

[hootinholler]

84. Lame duck Ike

by 23 days.

[NuclearDem]

85. Lame Duck Reagan.

Turkey Day, 1988.

Plus, this thread is hardcore proof that old people use the Internet

[markpkessinger]

88. Kennedy - May 1961

[pipi_k]

91. I like Ike

I was 8 when JFK was elected

[malthaussen]

92. When I was born the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn...

... and the flag had 48 stars.

-- Mal

[byeya]

134. I saw a game in Ebbets Field. Erskine pitched.

[fadedrose]

95. 1938 - FDR was in when I was born......

I think we have some Hoover people in DU - that'd be 1929 to 1933, and FDR from '33 to '45....

[tavernier]

97. Truman

but I only remember Ike.

[Ter]

98. This is one damn old people's forum

Are Democrats a dying breed, or do most just happen to be old? Are freepers this ancient?

[malthaussen]

108. Demographics, demographics.

People talk a lot about the Boomers, but really haven't assimilated how many of us there are.

It is interesting there aren't a lot more younger people answering the poll.

-- Mal

[JI7]

99. this is consistent with other similar polls done through the years

i was surprised the first time since you assume it would be mostly younger people who go online but at least when it comes to political sites and this one it attracts others more.

[steve2470]

100. I didn't like IKE, I was too young

[tammywammy]

103. Carter, 1980. n/t

[PDJane]

105. The Prime Minister of Canada during that period was Louis St. Laurent.

[roamer65]

151. I was born when Lester B Pearson was in office.

While not a Canadian, I recognize him as the PM who brought Medicare to Canada. A great moment in Canadian history.

[PDJane]

157. St. Laurent was among the best of the best.

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Sorry, mistook him for his predecessor.

[ms liberty]

106. Ike, June of 59...

As as small child I was heartbroken when JFK was killed. I wanted to marry him when I grew up. By the time I was 10, I thought assassinations were normal.

[tnlefty]

107. Kennedy

n/t

[hay rick]

110. Alexander Haig.

Lying about my age again.

[Art_from_Ark]

123. Ah, Al "I'm in charge here" Haig and his confusion

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about the civilian chain of command. One of the few lighter moments of the Bush Sr. Pre-administration.

[Bobbie Jo]

111. LBJ

I was born 2 months after Kennedy was assassinated.

lol....yeah, do the math.

[PlanetBev]

113. Truman, 1950

The first news item I remember is when Eisenhower sent troops to Little Rock, AR to de-segregate Central High. Two weeks later, Sputnick was launched. I remember standing outside at night with my dad, hoping to see it.

[ConcernedCanuk]

114. Truman, but do not remember him

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.
.

But I should mention that I remember JFK well. - did a "presentation" in Grade 7 on the "Cuban Missile Crisis" where JFK avoided war.

Since when past JFK has any President avoided war?

Seems like now they have no power to stop the MIC.

CC

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

115. Wow!

We are mostly old!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

120. Yeah,...but prior polls reveal everyone has a perfect physic.

[William769]

117. LBJ by 13 days.

[PasadenaTrudy]

121. LBJ took the IRT...

down to 1st st. USA
He looked at America and what did he see?
The youth of America on LSD!

from "Hair"

[nevergiveup]

122. According to the Chicago Tribune it was Thomas Dewey

[MichaelSoE]

124. Merkin Muffley ...

[Politicalboi]

126. I was born in Dec 1960

So Ike for a month then JFK.

[Shrike47]

127. Truman. I don't remember him, of course, but have some memory of Ike's administration.

I think my parents were the only people in town who voted for Stevenson.

[mentalsolstice]

129. Ike, Kennedy was president-elect in Dec. 1960. nt

[Gravitycollapse]

139. GHWB.

[spanone]

141. truman, harry s

[ShadowLiberal]

143. Reagan, 1985

I must say though, I'm shocked by how low the percentage of members here who were born from Nixon or later. I thought there were a lot more younger people here, since democrats win younger votes by big margins these days.

It's not until Clinton that I actually have any memory of knowing who the president was and having an opinion of them.

[Cleita]

145. FDR but I do remember him. He died when I was five. n/t

[Lurks Often]

148. The responses so far almost make me feel young again!

Nixon was President when I was born

[roamer65]

149. You should put Hoover and Coolidge in the poll.

It would be interesting to see if any DU'ers were born during that time frame.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

156. Are you confessing?

[roamer65]

159. Lol. Born under LBJ here.

But I am damn curious if there are any pre-FDR DU'ers. If you were born before March 4, 1933 you are one of those.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

160. I'm sure they would proudly declare themselves.

[Punkingal]

150. Truman

I wish we could have another one like him!

[Danmel]

152. Ike

But Kennedy was elected when I was 7 months old.

[Grey]

154. 1942: President Roosevelt

[MrSlayer]

155. Richard M. Nixon.

A man who looks positively enlightened in comparison to modern Presidents.

[LuvNewcastle]

158. Nixon. It was his first year in office.

I remember saying "I am not a crook" when I was little. I would shake my head so my cheeks would flap when I said it. Guess I got it from Laugh-In.

[rocktivity]

163. Well, how am I supposed to know that?

I'd just been born!!!


rocktivity