Are you participating in your first national election this year?

[Lucinda]

Just wanted to get a sense of where DU stands on first timers.
When did you start participating?
I would have gone back further but ran out of lines...

[loveangelc]

1. this is my first time I'll be old enough to vote, but I've always been into politics.

[asdjrocky]

2. This is the most I've ever been involved on this level.

But I have been involved in local Congressional races, and many years ago I made calls for Gary Hart.

[eleny]

3. LBJ

[HeraldSquare212]

4. Walter Mondale was my first....

but he turned out to be just a heartbreaker!

[jody]

5. Why do you think DU is for kids and stop with JFK? What about Adlai and Harry? n/t

[Lucinda]

6. I don't...I ran out of poll options....I posted that in the OP

I went back as far as I could chronologically.

[jody]

7. I know, I was just kidding. Have a great day!

:hi:

[Lucinda]

8. Oh! You too!

:D

[jody]

12. By the way, Senator JFK was the speaker at my college graduation. n/t

[Lucinda]

13. I'm very jealous. I would have loved to have heard him in person!

:)

[jody]

14. I have vivid memories of the day he was assassinated. I thought what a tragic waste but his legacy

has moved him into the ranks of those who changed history.

Even Repugs strive to emulate him.

I've lived long enough, survived a heart attack that left me dead, and recovered to reflect on those accomplishments of the rare individuals that shape history and ignore their transgressions.

JFK is one such person.

:hi:

[bigwillq]

9. First voted in 1996

Voted for Clinton.

[sufrommich]

10. My first vote went to Jimmy Carter. nt

[ElizabethDC]

11. Technically, this is my first national election

it's the first time that I've been old enough to vote, anyway. But I helped out on the Kerry-Edwards campaign in '04.

[DURHAM D]

15. Other -

traveled all around our state with my Grandfather working for Eisenhower in 1951.

[quinnox]

16. i first voted for kerry in 2004

before that I ignored politics.

[Lucinda]

17. ...

[phillyliberal]

18. nah

voted for Kerry in 04 as my first.