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Fri Aug-26-11 08:31 PM
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Poll question: Did you vote in the election of 1996? |
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and if so, who for and why?
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Fri Aug-26-11 08:34 PM
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I do remember stuff from that election.
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Fri Aug-26-11 08:36 PM
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2. Yes because I've always voted Dem and will continue to do so |
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unless another party comes along that is more progressive and most importantly, can win the election.
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Fri Aug-26-11 08:48 PM
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5. Same with me. You said it well. -nt |
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Fri Aug-26-11 10:04 PM
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14. "can win the election"--well that never stops the ones who want Kucinich to run. |
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If in the DU fantasy land Kucinich were to be the Democratic nominee the outcome of the election would remind me of what happened to the first presidential candidate for whom I voted: George McGovern.
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Fri Aug-26-11 08:45 PM
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3. I voted for Bill Clinton. |
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Thanks for asking. I liked Clinton, thought he did some good.
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Fri Aug-26-11 08:46 PM
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4. Since '72, always Democratic |
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Fri Aug-26-11 08:50 PM
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Fri Aug-26-11 08:51 PM
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7. Of course I voted. What sort of a person could sit there and not |
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vote? I was not, however, all that excited to vote for Bill, but it is always easy to vote against a guy like Bob Dole. I mean, c'mon.
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Fri Aug-26-11 08:53 PM
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8. Yes not allowing Nader to debate. |
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Fri Aug-26-11 09:27 PM
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9. Clinton, he was a DLCer but I knew that from the first |
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and the economy was booming. I was happy to vote for him.
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Fri Aug-26-11 09:38 PM
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10. Choices were: Clinton, Dole, Perot, Nader. But I think Perot had dropped out... |
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by the time of the election (he said there had been a threat against his daughter or something).
Perot had also run in 1992 and did fairly well, for a third party (18%), altho not one electoral vote.
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Fri Aug-26-11 09:44 PM
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I voted for Clinton but in hindsight I wish I had voted for Nader.
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Fri Aug-26-11 09:50 PM
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12. Yep, and for the Dem. -nt |
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Fri Aug-26-11 09:57 PM
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13. I didn't vote 'til 2000. Before then, I knew NOTHING about politics and I couldn't |
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care less. I was always liberal, but I didn't get interested in politics 'til the Lewinsky saga. I bought her book and only then did I learn that my aunt was the assistant HUD secretary in Clinton's administration (I mentioned to my aunt that I was reading Lewinsky's book). So I have come a long way since those days in my knowledge and love of politics.
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Sat Aug-27-11 10:45 AM
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32. And look how far you've come. |
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You can fend off the mightiest of detractors and not even break a sweat.
:kick:
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Sat Aug-27-11 11:47 AM
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Plus, I've had almost 30 emails read on TV by Jack Cafferty on CNN! It's like I LIVE politics. Thanks again for the compliment. :hi:
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Fri Aug-26-11 10:45 PM
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15. So 85% thus far believed he deserved a 2nd term! |
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Sun Aug-28-11 12:29 PM
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In spite of Rwanda, in spite of TANF . . . And I see where you are going with this. ;-). And I like it! :pals:
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Fri Aug-26-11 10:45 PM
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16. Sure did and for Clinton. |
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Would have voted for him anyway, but the Family Medical Leave Act of a few years before literally saved my life in '97.
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Fri Aug-26-11 10:50 PM
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17. I voted for Nader in 96 |
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Fri Aug-26-11 10:57 PM
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18. Bill Clinton was the first time I voted for president. |
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I would vote for him again.
:-)
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Fri Aug-26-11 11:00 PM
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19. I voted for Frank Zappa... even though he was dead. |
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After the sell-out that was DADT was passed, I figured the country would be better off...
Do you want to know who I voted for in '92? Cthulu... why settle for the Lesser Evil, after all?...
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Fri Aug-26-11 11:13 PM
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Voted for Bill Clinton, and had a damned good time doing it.
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Fri Aug-26-11 11:51 PM
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21. That was my first election... voted Clinton |
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Fri Aug-26-11 11:56 PM
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22. There should have been a 5th option for those not capable of voting at the time |
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It's one thing to not vote because you are too young or perhaps did not have your citizen status at the time. However, to be legally able to vote and not vote - that's just wretched.
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Sat Aug-27-11 01:09 AM
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I was a 20 year old Republican then, though Dole the WW2 hero was the honorable choice at the time.
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Sat Aug-27-11 01:14 AM
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24. Nope... too young. But I would have voted for Clinton. |
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Sat Aug-27-11 09:45 AM
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25. Since 1972: McGovern, Carter, Carter, Mondale, Dukakis, Clinton, Clinton, Gore, Kerry, and Obama. |
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And you can go ahead and pencil me in for President Obama in 2012!
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Sun Aug-28-11 04:23 PM
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are you my previously unknown twin or something...My firs election was 1972 as well and I have voted exactly the same way you have. 'Course we had to be 21 to vote back then (in the old days)! :hi:
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Sat Aug-27-11 09:51 AM
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26. Was only 11 years old, so I didn't get to vote. |
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Sat Aug-27-11 10:05 AM
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I voted for Bill Clinton because I approved of the job he was doing.
Not vote? Are you kidding? If you don't vote, don't complain!
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Sat Aug-27-11 10:15 AM
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28. Bill Clinton. Because when all is said & done, I'm a Democrat, and I know..... |
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the harm Republican policies can do. :patriot:
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Sat Aug-27-11 10:16 AM
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29. Voted for Bill Clinton |
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Sat Aug-27-11 10:19 AM
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And yes, I will for Obama as well. And I'll be holding my nose throughout the process.
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Sat Aug-27-11 10:29 AM
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31. Vote: Gore, Kerry and Obama |
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I didn't vote in 1996 because I was careless, but I like Clinton,
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Sat Aug-27-11 10:47 AM
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33. My 1st vote and it was for President Clinton. |
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Never voted for anything but Democrats, including state level.
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Sat Aug-27-11 11:10 AM
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34. I didn't vote in 1996 |
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Sat Aug-27-11 11:16 AM
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I voted for Ralph Nader.
Why? Liked him better than the other candidates on the ballot. Was never a big Clinton fan, even back then when I was less interested and informed about politics.
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Sun Aug-28-11 08:26 AM
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37. I am 76, I have never missed voting for our president! |
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I feel our country is always in better hands under a Democratic President< & history has proven it to be true!!
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Sun Aug-28-11 08:39 AM
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But in the 1992 primaries in New Hampshire I voted for Tom Harkin. I can remember Harkin in the trenches at a construction site with a shovel in is hands digging like the other laborers there. His campaign was all about the working class.
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Sun Aug-28-11 09:50 AM
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I've voted in every election since I turned 18 in the spring of 1978.
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Sun Aug-28-11 11:07 AM
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40. Voted for the big dog. |
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Sun Aug-28-11 12:28 PM
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41. 2nd Pres Election I voted in |
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Sun Aug-28-11 01:49 PM
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43. I was too young to vote in 1996. Not everyone at DU is that old. n/t |
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Sun Aug-28-11 02:31 PM
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44. My first election at 20 years old. |
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It was Clinton or Dole and I gladly chose Clinton.
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Sun Aug-28-11 02:44 PM
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45. My first Democratic Presidential vote. |
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Sadly, it was my third Presidential election.
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Sun Aug-28-11 05:04 PM
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47. I was too young. I'd voted for Clinton if I could've but looking back both guys were too |
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Sun Aug-28-11 07:29 PM
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Though I do remember watching the debates in both '92 and '96 and wishing I could vote for Clinton.
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Mon Aug-29-11 12:39 AM
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49. proudly placed my vote for Bill. nt |
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Mon Aug-29-11 01:04 AM
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50. I was 15 years old in 1996 |
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Mon Aug-29-11 02:02 AM
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51. I misread the date, and I voted "I didn't Vote." I thought the date was 1966 for some reason. |
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I think I voted Green in 1996. I was not alive in 1966.
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Mon Aug-29-11 10:56 PM
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52. I've never voted for a Republican. |
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Although I probably would have voted for Bill Milliken if I had been of voting age when he was Gov. of Michigan.
My democratic parents voted for him.
He was beloved by both sides, apparently.
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