What was the first election you voted in?

[JohnKleeb]

2005 Va governors race.
Kaine for gov, Byrne for lt gov, and Deeds for Ag, and Rust for Delegate.

[yellowdogintexas]

1. circuit judge race: Kentucky 1967. Bill Fuqua My guy won, too.

in 1983, he performed our marriage service. Great Guy and a GOOD DEMOCRAT!!!
Let's hear it for the now retired Kentucky Circuit Court Judge, William J Fuqua

[deadparrot]

2. 2006!

:woohoo:

[RoyGBiv]

3. 1988, primaries ...

The day I turned 18, I did two things: register to vote and register for selective service. I also got my mother to register for the first time in her life, which was weird since my grandmother, her mother, had been registered and voted since she was allowed to be registered and vote.

Most of my candidates won, except for Presidential. I voted for, get this, Al Gore. He actually won here.

Voted for Dukakis in the general of course, but I had little optimisim at the time I did it.

[Random_Australian]

4. Have not vote yet, turned 18 about 3 months ago. Ish.

[JohnKleeb]

5. Yeah I was lucky to be voting within three months of my 18th birthday

Virginia and Jersey are odd though since we have our governor's elections in odd years.

[swag]

6. 1980. I voted for Carter-Mondale. Reagan-Bush won. 12 years of shit.

[Jamastiene]

7. Dukakis vs. Bush Part One, father of the current

son of a Bush that seriously destroying the world right now.

I wasn't old enough to vote in the primaries yet, so I had to wait until the general election. I really wanted to vote for Jessie Jackson, but that didn't quite work out. If only I hadn't been a 10 month baby? Maybe?

[benburch]

8. 1976. Jimmy Carter vs. Gerald Ford.

I voted for Jimmy Carter.

[ForrestGump]

9. An unAmerican one

The first US one for me was the one that brought Bill and Al into office. Shook Al's hand a few times first. :D

[Guava Jelly]

10. Voted for Ross Perot

in my first election.
didnt vote again until Gore/bush
I wont miss another one even if my vote never counts ( i live in kansas)

[RebelOne]

11. John F. Kennedy

[tjwmason]

12. There was a local government by-election about 2 months after I was 18

which would be autumn of 1997.

First major election would have been the Scottish Parliamentary election of 1999, first general election was 2001.

[BlueIris]

13. Uh, 1998? I don't remember much about what I voted for.

I remember voting in 1999 for various things, including whether or not to open the state's adoption records so that adoptees could see their original birth certificates. I didn't vote, because I couldn't decide which kind of vote would be less fair, and then what that fucking thing passed, I was angry about not having voted no. I thought of all the women who had given birth when they had not had any significant choice not to, who were told that at least their privacy regarding having given up an infant was reasonably secure. If anyone is thinking about flaming me for that--save it. I mean it--keep it to yourself. I still feel ashamed of my vote.

[peekaloo]

14. 1980 Carter/Reagan

:-(

[bertha katzenengel]

15. Congratulations, JohnKleeb! Me: 1982.

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