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I turned 18 in 2003. I didn't vote in 2004. Voted Green in 2008, 12, and 16.
Turned 18 in 1993 and didn't register to vote until 1995. Boyfriend at the time registered at the same time as a Democrat (I was Republican) through the Rock your Vote bullshit.
His registration came in 6 weeks after registration, mine came 2 weeks after the election. Me and thousands others that registered through that couldn't vote due to whatever happened, in the 1996 election. Voted green 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Voting for Bernie as a Democrat in the primary this year was my first time voting Democrat in anything presidential.
my first election when I was 18 was 2000, voted for W. voted for McCain in the primary, he was actually the candidate that first got me interested in politics. the single event that broke me of my Republican upbringing was when Bush went into Iraq after 9/11. that didn't make any sense to me. so in 2004 i voted Kerry and from then on it's been D all the way down.
I know a lot of people want proportional representation so alternatives to the two major parties could be viable, but myself I do worry how far right a right wing third party could go and still get 15-20% of the vote.
my first election when I was 18 was 2000, voted for W. voted for McCain in the primary, he was actually the candidate that first got me interested in politics. the single event that broke me of my Republican upbringing was when Bush went into Iraq after 9/11. that didn't make any sense to me. so in 2004 i voted Kerry and from then on it's been D all the way down.
Post by abefroman1 on Jul 13, 2020 10:35:44 GMT -5
I voted libertarian in 2004 before I knew that the libertarians were just a Koch bros front. I didn't like Kerry or W. Voted Obama in 2008, abstained in 2012. Hate republicans with a passion since 2015
I voted libertarian in 2004 before I knew that the libertarians were just a Koch bros front. I didn't like Kerry or W. Voted Obama in 2008, abstained in 2012. Hate republicans with a passion since 2015
Going back to Ed Clark (1980 candidate) and the era of fiscal conservatism ("freedom" to them) and left-wing social policies ("liberal libertarian") used to be what they stood for. I knew this dude Dirtbox who was a die-hard back then. He always repeated their talking points (not a matter of if but when, etc. etc. etc.). They did make some sense in some of their policies, but you could see that it would never work. The idea that in a totally free marketplace people would naturally gravitate to businesses that did the right thing was and still is utter bullshit. David Koch was his running mate back then - obviously before the Kochs became as well known as they are now. There was a schism about 3 or 4 years later between the more hardcore libertarians and the low-tax liberals. IDK. I usually agree with their social policies, as they promoted individual freedom. Ironically, the same reasoning had the opposite effect on me regarding business or corporate freedom. I felt like it would never work and was a highway to oligarchy. I've had many of them argue the business side points with me over the years, but it always felt like economic Darwinism.
When I first registered to vote, I was a moderate and mostly apathetic Republican. I was less conservative and religious than everyone else around me, but Republicans were all I knew. I intended to register as unaffiliated, but my mother changed to it Republican before it got mailed out and didn't tell me until after.
I had a Ron Paul phase back in 2007-08.
Then the crash of 2008 happened and I found out about Bernie Sanders in 2009 and the hard left turn came. Even more so after I joined Occupy in 2011.
My mother blames me going to college for being a Democrat. It wasn't. 2008 and starting to work for a living made me turn left. Seeing how companies exploited people and profited off labor.
Turned 18 in 2004. Voted W. In 04. Supported Ron Paul in 2008, voted for McCain. Supported Rob Paul again in 2012, voted for Gary Johnson. 2016 voted Johnson again. For 2020, if it’s close probably Biden, otherwise 3rd Party again for me.
Post by NothingButFlowers on Jul 13, 2020 11:58:09 GMT -5
I’ve voted democrat every time I have voted. My parents split up when I was still a baby, and somehow both sets of parents I grew up with were democrats, which is kind of remarkable given that my mom’s parents and my dad’s parents are/were all pretty hardcore republicans. On top of that, my dad was a preacher when I was really little. It didn’t work out in the long term because being divorced was not a great thing for an aspiring preacher in the 80s, but that side of my family were regular churchgoers and he taught Sunday school for a long time.
Kinda surprising this board is so Bush voter heavy... yikes
Lol it's not. Like two people have said they voted for him in this conversation. Regardless, don't you think it's better to praise people for changing their views instead of hitting them with a yikes for a vote they made 16+ years ago?
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Post by TRANTER INDUSTRIES on Jul 13, 2020 12:03:39 GMT -5
I will probably vote for Hawkins, or at least I want to right now. I don't see how a Biden presidency changes anything but maybe he will take a back seat to his advisors and I think I trust the people he surrounds himself with better than Trump does to handle COVID. I think a vaccine should be out right before inauguration and I believe that Biden's team would do better than Trump's in getting it out.
Kinda surprising this board is so Bush voter heavy... yikes
Lol it's not. Like two people have said they voted for him in this conversation. Regardless, don't you think it's better to praise people for changing their views instead of hitting them with a yikes for a vote they made 16+ years ago?
not really. I don’t think “yikes” is very harsh and I assume anyone that’s moved left since Bush would agree with that vote being yikes. Also I don’t think voting for McCain, Ron Paul, and Gary Johnson deserves any praise anyway.
I turned 18 in 2003 and voted Bush in 2004, too. I think for many of us first time voters who voted for W, it comes from the fact that a lot of us are from the South and it's what our parents did. Probably what all our family and friends were doing.
People blame professors for college kids turning blue, but honestly I think it's because we're finally out of our small town bubbles. We meet a more diverse group of people and realize there is a whole big world out there and we weren't better than people different than us. It pisses me off whenever anyone claims they're number 1 (nationalism, racism, sexism) for things that they were born into and had zero control over.
Voted enthusiastically for Obama in 2008 and 2012. Voted earnestly for Hillary in 2016 out of fear. Will vote for Biden in November as if our lives depend on it.
I’ve voted democrat every time I have voted. My parents split up when I was still a baby, and somehow both sets of parents I grew up with were democrats, which is kind of remarkable given that my mom’s parents and my dad’s parents are/were all pretty hardcore republicans. On top of that, my dad was a preacher when I was really little. It didn’t work out in the long term because being divorced was not a great thing for an aspiring preacher in the 80s, but that side of my family were regular churchgoers and he taught Sunday school for a long time.
My parents split up when I was younger, but both were pretty Republican. As the right as moved further right, they've both moved a little left. My dad might say he's a republican or was but he didn't vote for Trump. His wife is almost as left as I am and he says we sounds the same in our politics. So he's moved further still in the last 10 years he's been married to her.
Post by 10goldbees on Jul 13, 2020 13:55:09 GMT -5
I voted for Bill Clinton in 1996. I was eight and my dad let me push the button.
The first time I voted for real was for Obama in 2008 when I was 20. It was in Auburn, Alabama. I wore a tie dye Rolling Stones t-shirt to the poll and chatted with a very friendly old couple in line. The husband asked who I was voting for and I said, "If you had to guess ..." The wife chimed in with, "Well good for you for showing up." People rolled the trees that night when Obama won and many, many other people were not happy about that.
I voted for Bill Clinton in 1996. I was eight and my dad let me push the button.
The first time I voted for real was for Obama in 2008 when I was 20. It was in Auburn, Alabama. I wore a tie dye Rolling Stones t-shirt to the poll and chatted with a very friendly old couple in line. The husband asked who I was voting for and I said, "If you had to guess ..." The wife chimed in with, "Well good for you for showing up." People rolled the trees that night when Obama won and many, many other people were not happy about that.
I was just under the voting age in 1996. It was my older brother’s first election. He voted for Nader.
I turned 18 in 2003 and voted Bush in 2004, too. I think for many of us first time voters who voted for W, it comes from the fact that a lot of us are from the South and it's what our parents did. Probably what all our family and friends were doing.
I went to college about 40-50 miles from NYC. A lot of white kids I knew voted Republican either because their parents had money or some reason related to 9/11.
Had I voted in 2004, probably would have went with W. Though yeah, in hindsight that wasn't a good idea.
One of my first real jobs after college was in a mid sized city 40 miles from Boston. Worked with immigrants from PR, Ghana, Cambodia, Albania, and a couple other places. We all got paid shit while the owners drove around in BMWs and had a suite at Fenway. And then came the layoffs, one or two at a time for months on end. And I realized stuff like that was wrong.
I straight up voted for Kerry which was the first time I voted Democrat since Dukakis in 1988. There was simply no way I could support Bush/Cheney under any circumstances. Kerry got fucked by those lying Texans "Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth". Those were some shitty ex-military people in league with Karl Rove and the campaign. Pieces of shit.
I straight up voted for Kerry which was the first time I voted Democrat since Dukakis in 1988. There was simply no way I could support Bush/Cheney under any circumstances. Kerry got fucked by those lying Texans "Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth". Those were some shitty ex-military people in league with Karl Rove and the campaign. Pieces of shit.
Kerry was also a weak candidate. From someone who went out for him.
You literally got Dukakis 2.0
And if it counts, I've voted DNC since 2002 since I was just not 18 in 2000 and I was angry as fuck. 2004 was when I also realized the DNC may be utterly inept in politics. It was not a fun couple years between that and now, but I will say the only thing is that I deviate on local elections and voted Green in 2016 because.. in Brooklyn my vote particularly was a throw away.
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