knapplc Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Moiraine's post about Millennials gave me this idea. I've voted in eight presidential elections. My candidate won half the time. I was OK with Bush winning in 2004, although I loathed his cronyism. I was unhappy Clinton won in 1992 & 1996. Never liked that guy, and I was OK with another four years of Bush, but I didn't think Bob Dole would have been a good president. I was happy Obama won in 2008, a little less happy in 2012. I'm very unhappy Trump won in 2016, but I'd have been unhappy if Clinton won. I never wanted John Kerry as president, I just didn't want to endorse Bush's screwups. 1988 - Bush - Republican (won) 1992 - Bush - Republican (lost) 1996 - Dole - Republican (lost) 2000 - Bush - Republican (won) 2004 - Kerry - Democrat (lost) 2008 - Obama - Democrat (won) 2012 - Obama - Democrat (won) 2016 - Clinton - Democrat (lost) So I'm at eight elections, and I went 4-4 in those. What's your record? Edit - Included the party of the person I voted for. 1 Link to comment
TGHusker Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 You're going to force me to reveal my age! If I was old enough in 1968 & 72 I would have voted for Humphrey and McGovern respectively. I still like and respect them both politically and personally. Humphrey was born in my native SD and of course McGovern was the great liberal senator from SD for many years. Both in my opinion were great men of integrity, honor. Even though I am more conservative today, I would seriously consider and most likely vote for either one again. My first vote when I turned 18 was for McGovern in his 1974 Senate re-election. I did my big college history project on Senator Humphrey. Great men - which I wish the Dem party was like today. But like Reagan said, the party left me. So, below you will see a run of Repub presidential picks but I've also voted for many Dems on the local/state/congressional level - living in Okla, the dems tend to be more conservative also. 1976 Ford - lost to Carter. This was a toss up to me. This was my first vote for President. I finally settled on Ford ( I didn't like his pardon of Nixon) but I thought Carter was too 'goofy' and inexperienced (Trump?) 1980 Reagan - my conversion to conservatism occurred as I listened to RR. His willingness to speak against the Soviet threat instead of accommodation via the ongoing MAD philosophy - Mutually Assured Destruction, the weakness of Carter, and the poor economy ( I still think was worse than what Obama inherited - I lived it) all contributed to my change 1984 Reagan 1988 Bush - his opponent was a goof ball and I expected him to carry on the Reagan legacy. 1992 Bush - lost to Clinton 1996 Dole lost to Clinton Did not care for Clinton at all I know you are all surprised. However, Dole was the 'next in line' and was a terrible candidate. The John McCain of his day (good guy however) 2000 Bush didn't want a Clinton clone 2004 Bush 2008 McCain 2012 Romney 2016 - neither - voted for the local races. Both candidates were terrible and Johnson faded so fast I thought he was the wrong message to send. So I'm 5-5 wt one abstain (2016) 1 Link to comment
Moiraine Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 I voted for: Gore Nader Obama Obama Clinton I would have voted for Bush in '92 and Dole in '96. Or in hindsight if I had been older and paid attention to Perot, maybe him. I just knew as a kid that I did not trust Clinton at all. Link to comment
Moiraine Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Zero Nebraska has had close, important non-Presidential races while you were living here. Why did you not vote in those elections? Or are you saying you've always abstained from voting for a President? Link to comment
Landlord Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 I've never voted for President. I have voted for local elections, albeit rarely, having never felt much at home wherever I was from the age I've been able to vote. Despite how much time I spend in here I'm quite politically agnostic. Link to comment
GM_Tood Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 1992 - Bush - Republican (lost) 1996 - Dole - Republican (lost) 2000 - Bush - Republican (won) 2004 - Bush - Republican (won) 2008 - Obama - Democrat (won) 2012 - Obama - Democrat (won) 2016 - Trump - Republican (won) 5-2 Link to comment
NM11046 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 This is interesting ... Knapp we must be the same age: 1988 - Dukakis - Dem (I think I remember voting Jackson in the primary??) 1992 - Clinton - Dem 1996 - Clinton - Dem 2000 - Gore - Dem 2004 - Kerry - Dem 2008 - Obama - Dem 2012 - Obama - Dem 2016 - Clinton - Dem Guess I'm loyal. There are times I didn't like the Democratic candidate so much, but really disagreed w/the other options. Social issues definitely drive my vote. And those initial two years of voting didn't matter - I left Nebraska in 96'. 50% win rate. Guess if I was a head FB coach at NE I'd get shown the door. 1 Link to comment
KUfaninNebraska Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 1968 & 1972 Nixon 1976 Carter 1980 & 1984 Reagan 1988 & 1992 Bush 1996 Clinton 2000 Gore 2004 Kerry 2008 & 2012 Obama 2016 Johnson 9-4 1 Link to comment
Lil' Red Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 2012 - Obama 2016 - Clinton 1-1 Link to comment
broganreynik Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Kerry, Obama, Obama, Clinton I had planned on writing in Sanders, based on the principle of actually voting for the person I think would be the best president. Once the FBI's convenient reopening of the email investigation happened, I decided it was too important to not vote Clinton. In the end, it didn't matter. I'm still 2-2. Thanks, Obama! 3 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 1988 - Bush - Republican (won) 1992 - Bush - Republican (lost) 1996 - Dole - Republican (lost) 2000 - Bush - Republican (won) 2004 - Bush - Republican (won) 2008 - McCain - Republican (lost) 2012 - Romney -Republican (lost) 2016 - Bigredbuster - independent (lost) 3-5. I laugh when people claim I'm a liberal democrat. 1 Link to comment
huKSer Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 1976 Ford - lost to Carter. 1980 Reagan - won 1984 Reagan - won 1988 Bush - won 1992 Bush - lost 1996 Dole lost 2000 Bush won 2004 Bush won 2008 McCain lost 2012 Romney lost 2016 -Johnson lost 5-6 1 Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 1984 Reagan - won 1988 Bush - won 1992 Bush - lost 1996 Dole - lost 2000 Bush - won 2004 Bush - won 2008 McCain - lost 2012 Romney - lost 2016 None of the above - lost 4-5 BTW, I have voted for some democrats in local and state elections. Don't think I ever have for a federal position though. Special thanks to huKSer for providing the easy cut & paste entry. Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 1988 - Bush - Republican (won) 1992 - Bush - Republican (lost) 1996 - Dole - Republican (lost) 2000 - Bush - Republican (won) 2004 - Bush - Republican (won) 2008 - McCain - Republican (lost) 2012 - Romney -Republican (lost) 2016 - Bigredbuster - independent (lost) 3-5. I laugh when people claim I'm a liberal democrat. Well we laugh at you because you couldnt even beat out HRC and Trump with your grassroots write in campaign. ;-) 1 Link to comment
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