Since you turned 18 have you ever NOT VOTED in a presidential eleciton?

[madison2000]

Poll question: Since you turned 18 have you ever NOT VOTED in a presidential eleciton?

[ikojo]

1. Have always voted in the presidential election...didn't always do

any good...

Mondale
Dukakis
CLINTON
CLINTON
Gore
Kerry

[agates]

4. That looks remarkably

like my past voting record :-)

I've missed one election EVER, that was a local election that I couldn't get to when I had to work overtime. I felt bad for ages about not voting that time...

[madison2000]

5. Yup. Clinton's my only winner too.

I am sorry to say I voted for Ford, who lost in 1976. Really dumb, but I was young.

[Squeech]

11. Me too

I'm older than you, I voted against Nixon, against Ford, against Reagan-- rather poor track record, I'm afraid.

I vote in Massachusetts, and haven't done too well on governors either.

[Left Is Write]

14. I just posted the same thing.

Same six elections, same six candidates.

[prole_for_peace]

18. We share the exact same voting record.

I remember not getting off to a good start (Mondale, Dukakis) and then hitting a home run.

[markbark]

2. Even when it was a stone cold pain in the arse

Absentee ballot in 1984 whilst stationed in Germany. (As I remember, I had to make several phone calls to find someplace on base that would tell me how to obtain a ballot)
Voted for Dukakis (for all the good it did :P )

--MAB

(And I've voted in EVERY election (BS primaries too!) since 1981 (when I was but a small lad of eighteen :) )

[NoPasaran]

3. After Reagan was elected I was disgusted with a country that

After Reagan was elected I was disgusted with a country that could elect such a goddamned moron. After years of trying to make the world a better place, not only had I failed but a majority of people actually wanted things to be worse. I quit voting then and didn't start up again until Clinton ran for the first time. Since then I have voted religiously.

[hollywood926]

6. I missed 1988...

I was stationed in Bahrain and honestly didn't think my vote would count - and I was probably right. I didn't have a lot of hope in Dukakis, anyway.

[elperromagico]

7. I missed my first, in 2000.

I've never really forgiven myself for it.

But I voted last year - for Kerry, of course - so I feel a little better about it.

[LDS Jock]

30. I missed 2000 also

I just moved from California to Texas, and didn't get registered in time. :( I have tried to comfort myself with the knowledge neither of my states were close so my vote didn't mean much. Still, it would have meant something to me. I regret not planning it out better so I could have voted.

[RandomKoolzip]

8. Didn't vote in 96; didn't need to.

Clinton was a shoo-in. It's amazing how stupid and evil we as a nation have become since then.

[hollywood926]

10. I often wonder if the RWers felt as disheartened as we do...

in 96, when Clinton was re-elected. They had no reason to be - we weren't at war, the economy was great, crime was down...but in their little minds, the homos were going to take over and women were going to continue to be allowed to leave the house. They must have been sad.

But that's another thread.

[RandomKoolzip]

19. I've seen posts at FR and heard others of the RW camp talk about

how Clinton's win in 92 was like a "dark cloud descending" on them, about what a horrible, unbearable time it was. I read that shit and go,"Excuse me?!"

Clinton's era was better for EVERYBODY, not just us wacky liberals.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

21. Fun with freepers:

Ask them just exactly how Clinton's policies harmed them personally. This is a quick, easy and amusing way of causing their heads to explode, because I can just about guarantee than they won't be able to think of any. The usual response is some incoherent gibberish about how the Blowjob of the Century sundered the moral fabric of America.

"But how did the Clinton Administration hurt YOU? Did you lose money in the stock market?"

"Uhhh, no..."

"Did you lose your job?"

"No..."

"Did any member of your family get killed in a war?"

(fidgeting) "No."

"Did you or your children feel compelled by Clinton's behavior to give or receive blowjobs to or from co-workers?"

(outraged) "No!"

"So, how were the Clinton years bad for you?"

(veins throbbing on temple) "Uhhh... they just were!"

...followed by *POP* as head explodes.

[Left Is Write]

13. I wish the Bush voters had felt that way this time around.

If they had, and large numbers of them stayed home, we'd be under President Kerry right now.

[madison2000]

9. At least we're all trying

:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:

[Left Is Write]

12. I have never missed a presidential election.

I have only voted for one presidential candidate who won!

1984 - Mondale
1988 - Dukakis
1992 - Clinton
1996 - Clinton
2000 - Gore
2004 - Kerry

[bigwillq]

15. Voted in all since i was 18

1996-Clinton
2000-Gore
2004-Kerry

[huskerlaw]

27. That looks very familiar...

you must be 26-ish. ;)

[JVS]

16. I didn't know I could register in time for 1996 because my birthday was...

only a couple days before the election.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. Voted in every election I was eligible to vote in.

McGovern, Carter, Carter, Mondale, Dukakis, Clinton, Clinton, Gore and Kerry. Not a stellar record, but damn proud of it anyway.

[hollywood926]

20. I'm proud of you, too! McGovern! Wow!

I was 5 at the time or I would have joined you!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

22. I am older than dirt.

But it was really cool to be able to vote for McGovern. I also worked for the Gene McCarthy campaign in 1968, though I couldn't actually vote for anybody yet. Ahh, those were the days...

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

25. Hey Ocelot, great minds think alike.

That's my list as well and I'm extremely proud of it too.
:pals:

[tjwmason]

23. Missed both of them

But then I am English and thus not able to vote in America.

Since turning 18 I have never missed ANY election here in Britain. I've voted in a general election, local government elections, local government by-elections, a community council election (they're not even partisan), and European elections.

A couple of times I got a postal ballot (when I was at university and couldn't be there in person), and at the last general election I also cast a proxy vote for a friend who was out of the country.

[FM Arouet666]

24. I am completely pathetic

I never voted in any election until I was 38. I registered and voted in the Democratic primary and then voted for Kerry in the general election, my first time voting for president.

Why? Laziness I guess. The rise of conservatism caught me off guard. The flow of ignorance that came with the 2000 election brought me out of apathy.

[madison2000]

26. kick!

[IronLionZion]

28. always, but there was only the 2004 one

:P

[drumwolf]

29. Voted in every one. Clinton was my only winner.

I turned 18 the fall before the '88 election and wasted no time getting into the voting habit immediately.

I voted for Nader twice. Both times, I was living in an overwhelmingly blue state and wasn't worried about helping throw the election to the GOP.

1988 - Dukakis
1992 - Clinton
1996 - Nader (would have voted for Clinton in a swing state)
2000 - Nader (would have voted for Gore in a swing state)
2004 - Kerry

[ProfessorGAC]

31. No Nationals. Missed One State Election

Forgot to vote absentee and was in Europe on business for 15 days. Election day fell in that period. I felt like an idiot.
The Professor

[liontamer]

32. depends on how you look at it

during the 2000 election, the voter registrations were lost for my entire dorm, and I later received a letter saying that my vote was not counted. :shrug:

[terrya]

33. I didn't vote in the national election in 1984.

I moved to Texas in September, 1984...I wasn't able to register to vote down there in time.

Otherwise, I've voted in every single election.

T