Reply #43: I vaguely remember '84, but the first one I really remembered was '88 [View All]

[Tommy_Carcetti]

I did know in 1984, my dad (who was and still is a huge Jimmy Carter fan) was really hoping for some good revenge against Reagan, but it wasn't to be. I don't remember anything about the primary, but I do remember the general and the fact that Geradline Ferraro was the first female VP nominee ever.

I remembered 1988 much better. My mom was registered a reluctant Republican (but hadn't voted GOP in the general since Nixon)--she's since gone Democrat--, while my Dad was and still is a Democrat. My mom voted for Dole in the primary (she didn't want to see anyone from the Reagan-Bush admin to get the nomination), while my dad voted for Al Gore. When it came to the general, we actually put a Dukakis sticker on the back of our 1986 Dodge Vista wagon. I remember in my fourth grade class we had a mock election, and only myself and the girl I had a crush on admitted voting for Dukakis--the rest of them all fell for Senior. I actually remember one of my classmates saying, "I don't like Dukakis because he's Greek", which even to a nine year-old sounded really stupid. Anyways, I remember the school's getting off for election day and watching election night with great coverage. We could tell it was going to be Bush in a rout, but we got a little excited when they predicted Maryland (where we lived) going for Dukakis, only to see it change to Bush.