Have you ever, in your entire life, voted for a Republican president?

[Clintonista2]

Just curious.

[myrna minx]

1. Nope. Never. n/t

[Skittles]

2. NO

I wouldn't vote repuke if you put a gun to my head.

[yourout]

3. The only Puke I have ever voted for was Scott Klug.

And that was a mistake.

[TomInTib]

4. No, but I was sorry that RayGun died of Alzheimer's.

Far too painless.

I wish it would've been mind-shredding.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

He wasn't running as a Republican then.

But I voted for John Anderson in 1980.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. No, but I did vote for Olympia Snowe

[democrattotheend]

61. If I lived in Maine I'd consider voting for her

I have to say I really like her, and she has shown real courage standing up to her party.

[Cabcere]

6. My first presidential election was in 2004

so, take a wild guess. ;)

[treestar]

7. No, not a one

[Left Is Write]

8. No. My first election was 1984, and I have never voted for any Republican presidential candidate.

[codjh9]

9. I'm 50, and I've never voted for a Republican ANYTHING, much less prez. :^) n/t

[Recursion]

10. No, but I voted for Perot nt

[WeDidIt]

11. I've never voted for a Republican, period.

NEver have and never will.

It's immoral to vote for any Republican at any level.

[gauguin57]

12. I think I voted for a former Republican. John Anderson 1980 (who was an independent at the time)

I saw him speak, and somehow believed he was gonna unite the country, unite the R's and D's in Congress to get stuff done, and drastically cut the defense budget, and I was temporarily mad at Carter about some stuff, so I wandered off the reservation a little. I think I did, anyway ... I walked into the voting booth still undecided, and my memory tells me I probably voted for Anderson, but, to this day, I'm not sure. Weird. I can tell you everyone I voted for in primaries and generals before and after that.

Perhaps I was just so traumatized by Reagan winning (yeah, I know. WTF did I have to bitch about if I DID vote for Anderson?) and my mind played tricks on me???

[Historic NY]

13. Why........

[nuncvendetta]

14. This is why setting the voting age at 18+ is a good idea

Although my parents are Democrats:

In 1988, I would've voted for Bush I
In 1992, I would've voted for Bush I
In 1996, I would've voted for Dole
In 2000, I would've voted for Bush II

then I turned 18.

In 2004, I voted for Kerry.
In 2008, I voted for Obama.

:)

[MarthaMyDear]

34. Excellent choices, my friend! :~)

[blue_onyx]

45. It's interesting that you knew...

who you would vote for as far back as 1988. I don't remember being aware of politics until 1996. Even then, I didn't really know much about what was going on. I couldn't vote in 2000 but I knew enough to realize Bush was an idiot and only there because his dad was a former president.

[NYC_SKP]

15. I have voted third party, but never, ever, for a Republican for President.

I mean really, who has there been that would even be a "hm, maybe.."?

[Sewsojm]

16. No, and I'll never vote for a republiCon !!

[liberalmuse]

17. I've never voted for a Republican in my life.

Never saw a reason to. Actually, hacking off my arm would make more sense than voting for a Republican.

[Graybeard]

18. The closest I ever came was John Lindsay.

In the NYC mayoral election John Lindsay was the Repuke but he also had the endorsement of the Liberal Party. I voted for him on the Liberal Party line.:P

[Hans Delbrook]

19. NOPE

In senate races etc, I've always taken a look at all the candidates and always come away convinced the the Dem is the better choice. In presidential politics (since I could vote in 1980) I've never even seen the rethugs run a candidate I'd piss on if he was on fire - much less vote for.

[abumbyanyothername]

20. No

The only Republicans I have ever voted for were Robert Ray (IA) Governor once, and for the Governator out here in CA last time after Phil Angelides refused to run a campaign at all.

[Bluenorthwest]

21. Hell no!

Nor for any other office, at any level. Never.

[dakdirty]

22. Never.

I'm black, and could never vote for the party that's just full of people who hate me for being what I am.

[tpi10d]

23. No. Starting in 1972.

[JimWis]

24. Funny thing. When I was alot younger, there was a time when I

always said, and did, vote for the candidate I liked, whatever the party. In other words, voted for the man, not the party. And I always informed myself and picked my candidate. Turns out - it was always the Democrat. Never voted Republican. So that told me something about myself, and as I grew older, I realized - I am a Democrat for sure. And as I think back as far as school, I realize I have always been one. The Democratic party shares my values.

[FLyellowdog]

25. I wasn't old enough to vote but I did make a poster for

Nixon in high school 'cause a boy I was in lust with was republican. I'm sorry. I repented the next week when the guy (boy, not Nixon) asked somebody else out. :hide:

[QueenOfCalifornia]

26. I did a poll like this

a few weeks ago...

The answer is FUCK NO.

[HughMoran]

27. Sadly, in my first vote cast for President.

I voted for Ray-gun when I was 18. At least I voted as soon as I could - if the young people today come out for Obama, he will win easily.

Edit, oh, I haven't voted for a Republican since. The day Reagan fired the air-traffic controllers was the day I knew I could never make such a horrible mistake again.

[Gold Metal Flake]

28. No, but I, too, voted for Perot.

I was living in California and pissed as hell over NAFTA.

[nevergiveup]

29. I voted for Barry Goldwater in 1964

It was my first vote for president and my last vote for a Republican for President. Am I ashamed of it? Nah, I was just a kid and at the time I liked the fact he was sort of a "maverick". LOL

[BuyingThyme]

30. Does Bill Clinton count?

[boppers]

74. I voted for Clinton, the "republican", as well.

Sometimes we make hard choices.

[IsItJustMe]

31. Yes, Reagan, BushI, Parot. Then I saw the light. Gore, Kerry, Obama

[scarletwoman]

32. I'll be 59 years old in 2 1/2 weeks, I have NEVER voted for ANY Republican EVER.

My parents raised me right. :)

sw

[WinkyDink]

73. Change it to "one week", and you are me! (49'ers rule! :) )

[scarletwoman]

77. "49'ers rule!" Right on!

:D

:hippie:
sw

[progressiveforever]

33. I listened to a coworker rather than my dad aand I voted for uh,,do I have to say it

Reagan over Mondale. (But I never voted Reagan over Carter)

[Liberal_in_LA]

35. NO!

[susanwy]

36. Well, the eighties are kinda a blurrr,

But, I think I voted for Reagan in 84. But, honestly, I'm not sure..... :hippie:
Only once though, after how he handled the AIDS epidemic, I never forgave him or voted for him, or any other republican president again. However, I'm pretty sure he would not like the republican party as it stands today. :hide:

Voted for Alan Simpson in WY (more than once), because he was a pro-choice republican, and once in a while he was okay...plus, he WAS entrenched here, as most WY republicans are. However, we may get democrat Gary Trauner in here, I hope so because Lumis is a Cubin clone and I despise her.

BTW, just finished filling out and sealing my absentee ballot in WY, straight DEM ticket all the way. :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[THUNDER HANDS]

37. my first vote ever was for Bob Dole

and it was because I liked the Bob Dole impersonator/mouth guy on the Conan O'Brien show better than the Clinton impersonator.

[OnionPatch]

38. I have never voted for a Republican ANYTHING.

And never will. Unless they drastically change their whole platform. "Keeping the Little Guy Down" is not a platform I've ever been attracted to.

[MarthaMyDear]

39. Mondale, Dukakis, Clinton, Clinton, Gore, Kerry, OBAMA!

I hope I didn't leave anyone out...god I'm old!

Voted as soon as I could! Ne'er a Republican voted for EVER! woot!

If I can't vote a Dem in local elections, I usually vote Libertarian, though...!

[Newrulz2008]

40. Never have voted republican....

Not saying that I never will, but there would need to be "Riots in the streets, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria".

[blue_onyx]

41. No, this is only my second election though

[rockymountaindem]

42. Nope. As of last week I'm one for one

:)

[Demi_Babe]

43. HELL NO!

[briv1016]

44. No, but this is my first election. (I'm 21)

[blue_onyx]

48. Cool...you get to cast a great first presidential vote :)

[disturbia515]

46. no this is my first presidential election

I was still only 17 in 2004 so this is my first presidential election, I did vote straight DEM in the 2006 mid term elections. I've always liked the Democrats. There is no way looking at the current platform of the republican party that I could vote for any republican. I will place my vote proudly for Obama this year and hopefully Ohio will deliver it's electoral votes to him.

[Tutonic]

47. Hell to the NO! Republican party has not change since 1860.

Communism, socialism, racism??? They're lost.

[Awsi Dooger]

49. Not for a Republican period

At least not intentionally. The nonpartisan races can be baffling. When they are two known Republicans I skip the race.

[intheflow]

50. I voted no, but

I think there should be a a third option: "No fucking way in hell even if hell freezes over and the Devil himself skates out threatening to eat your soul if you don't vote Repuke."

[gypsylud]

51. I voted for Nader once

[FloridaJudy]

52. Nope.

I first voted for HHH in '68, and quite frankly, no Republican has been sane enough to get my vote since. Ford wasn't quite as big a disaster as the rest, but every other one was strictly loony-tunes.

[BlueGirlRedState]

53. I was 18 and voted for Nixon

Sad but true. My dad was (and still is) a Republican and I was most likely influenced by him. Plus, I thought Nixon was "sincere."

I was young, what can I say.

[Richardo]

54. Gerald Ford was my first vote, and I *might* have voted for Reagan in 1980.

I was quite the young conservative in high school and college.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

55. No, but I would have voted for Goldwater if I hadn't been 5 years old

in early November of 1964.

[mr1956]

56. Never for President, but...

I voted for Gov. Linda Lingle because I felt the Democrats in Hawaii had a lock and were taking the people for granted. I don't like one party rule (even if its my party).

[TheKentuckian]

57. Hell no and thought has never crossed my mind as an adult

though I loved Ford as a little kid and if four year olds were permitted the vote I probably would have went against Carter because I recall crying when Gerald was sent packing. After that though it was all over by the time I was eight I was pretty much a JFK Democrat and despised Reagan with the fiery heat of a thousand suns and even yelled at my conservative Grandparents about what they had done to our country.

I have sinned though, I've voted for a Republiscum state Senator and I think I voted for Richie Farmer for Ag Secretary. I learned a painful lesson about that state senator situation, which is even though he actually was the better candidate he caucused with the Republiscum which means he as an individual was meaningless. Screw Ritchie too, not that he did anything that I noticed but I'm done with them on GP.

[TheReckoner]

58. No. But voted for Nader in 2000.

I have never voted for a Republican at any level. I have voted for Independents and Greens though.

[MiniMe]

59. Never for President

Carter, Mondale, Dukakis, Clinton, Gore, Kerry. I have voted for a republican congress critter, until she was the deciding vote to impeach Clinton. She was a republican congresswoman in a decidedly democratic district in Maryland, and it ended her tenure in the house. It's been Chris Van Hollen since then.

[MarthaMyDear]

62. Hey, welcome all you first time voters!

...:bounce:

I hope it's the start of many, many more! For those about (or have) vote...I salute you!:toast: :kick: :kick: :loveya:

[Not_Giving_Up]

60. Nope, not once

My first Presidential vote was for Bill Clinton, as was my second. Third was for Al Gore, fourth for Kerry...and my fifth will be Obama.

[mrs_p]

63. ditto

[tedoll78]

64. Not officially.

When I was 10, I voted for Bush I in my grade school's election.. but I didn't know any better.

After that, it's been all-Democratic for me. I was a quick learner. :)

[ibegurpard]

65. No

But I would have voted for Bush in '88 because I was still young and stupid about politics.

[MrSlayer]

66. Sadly, yes.

Poppy Bush twice. I really didn't know any better. I didn't awaken politically until the mid 90's.

[Agent William]

67. Fuck NO, Infact...

In my rural district where in two races two republicans are running for state reps, I wrote in Hubert Humphrey and then Walter Mondale. I couldn't resist, no way I'm voting for a republican even if it was the only choice.

[Morning Dew]

68. Nope, never.

Carter
Carter
Mondale
Dukakis
Clinton
Clinton
Gore
Kerry

Next up - Obama

[rebel with a cause]

69. I voted republican for president probably until Clinton.

Why? Because I was raised republican. My mother died when I was young and my father married (within 9 months) a woman that held a position in the area Democratic party. My whole family went Democratic but I did not because I hated that woman so much and what my father was like when married to her. She was not a nice person!! Would it help you understand if you knew she had been my father's boss and he had been cheating with her before my mother died. Well anyway, between her and Lyndon Johnson (blamed him for Vietnam) I hated the Democrats for a while. I really was not political enough to know that the republicans of my childhood were not the ones of my adulthood.

My father and his wife both died in 1986, and I soon became a Democrat and never looked back. My sister laughs at me now because of how I feel about the republicans when I remained one longer than any of the family. But that is the Rebel in me, would not become one just because everyone else was following my father and his wife. :shrug:

As far as me hating the republicans. When I went to college was when I learned what had went on in the country under the republicans and that is when I began to hate them and their policies. That was when I learned the difference between 'pro-choice' and pro-abortion. And found the irony of people calling them selves 'pro-life' who supported war and the death penalty and was against social programs that benefit children caught in poverty.

[rosesareredroses]

70. never ever ever ever ever no way. gross

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

71. Never have voted Republican anything & never will

[WinkyDink]

72. SIXTY-FOUR HERE said "YES"?! I can't imagine which Republican candidate ever seemed better.

Except for Lincoln.

[boppers]

75. Bill Clinton.

;)

(I'm soooo glad the DLC days are over.)

[TwilightGardener]

76. Nope. Never have.