My First Vote: McGovern For President

[kpete]

I am still proud today of that vote.
George McGovern gave me and and a generation of young people a voice.
Winning is NOT everything.


peace, kp

[brewens]

1. Mine was Anderson. It would have been Carter but that was the year they called the election before

polls were closed. I was in Idaho anyway so it wouldn't have mattered.

I have always been a big Doonsbury fan anyway. I got home from work, had a few bong hits and a beer, found out it was already over but decided to go vote for Anderson. He needed to get a certain number of votes to qualify for matching federal funds so I wanted to help him out. At that time I thought maybe it would be good to encourage third party candidates in the future. I'm kind of undecided if that's paid off or not. You could say it helped us with Clinton but hurt us maybe far more with Gore.

[spanone]

2. my first vote too! k&r...

[MineralMan]

3. Also my first Presidential vote.

I voted 2 years before that, but that was my first vote for President. As it turned out, it was unsuccessful, but I certainly was proud to vote for McGovern. I did not get to vote in the 1968 election. I was stationed in Turkey in the USAF, and my absentee ballot did not arrive in time. Very frustrating. It arrived a week after the election. Mail was slow to that small base in Turkey.

[badtoworse]

4. McGovern was my first vote as well.

[Siwsan]

5. Mine, too. I still wear it proud, too.

It was my very first time campaigning.

[panader0]

6. Me too. RIP to a great man.

[PCIntern]

7. Mine as well. Nt

[longship]

8. At 22 yrs old, mine too.

Was too old to get in on the XXVI Amendment. I won precinct delegate election in Detroit and knocked doors for McGovern. It wasn't my first political activism, but it was meaningful because I could vote. Many 18 year olds voted, but regretfully, not enough (not that it could have made much of a difference).

History proved Senator McGovern correct. Let nobody say otherwise.

I hope you had a peaceful passing, Mister Senator.

[ananda]

9. Mine too.

Thanks for the memory.