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In reply to the discussion: In what year did you become politically "sentient?" [View all]nuxvomica
(12,429 posts)39. 1964 was the first campaign I worked on
I don't recall quite understanding the politics when JFK was assassinated but I worked on RFK's 1964 Senate campaign, literally stuffing envelopes and canvassing with my sisters, and my dad was the county Democratic chairman at the time. I still remember the Kingston Trio song on the 45 we distributed: "Bobby Kennedy / Wait till November Three / That's gonna be a great day!"
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1960 I stayed up all night keeping the totals and states as they were called.
Democrat 4 Ever
Aug 2020
#47
My mother, and then my aunt, were head of the Young Democrats in our Oregon community.
OregonBlue
Aug 2020
#3
It didn't hit me how multi-faceted and serious this was until the early Clinton years.
Mike 03
Aug 2020
#5
Late 80's or early 90's. My grandma was the head of our polling place, which was also located in my
Luciferous
Aug 2020
#14