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In reply to the discussion: who was the first democratic candidate for president you supported even if u were too young to vote? [View all]mucholderthandirt
(1,788 posts)114. Shirley Chisholm.
Yes, I'm really old. I was just starting high school back then. I remember RFK and that summer of sorrow, but I don't remember him as a candidate, just how much my mother cried. Her family were very much Democrats, Grandpa loved JFK almost as much as he loved FDR, but he was gone by then.
Funny thing, I remember saying once that she should be president and Daddy nodded and said, yeah, she probably should, but that no one would let her. He wasn't really political, but turns out he was right. And now look where we are!
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who was the first democratic candidate for president you supported even if u were too young to vote? [View all]
msongs
Aug 2024
OP
John F. Kennedy. I was only 6, but I remember my parents being huge Kennedy fans. I remember the
skylucy
Aug 2024
#13
Hubert Humphrey. 1968. I would have supported RFK but he was killed during the primaries. I actually was still watching
Raftergirl
Aug 2024
#34
Bobby Kennedy and I got to shake his hand a few days before he was assassinated
kimbutgar
Aug 2024
#41
President Kennedy. I was a little girl, but I remember a tiny bit of the election.
mommymarine2003
Aug 2024
#87
carter. my grade school voted for carter. never liked raygun. tinkle down sounded stupid.
pansypoo53219
Aug 2024
#100
Harry Truman, 1948. I was 8 yrs old. Most likely because my parents were such strong supporters of him.
broiles
Aug 2024
#103
Jimmy Carter! I didn't know a whole lot back then, but I really, really liked him
Rhiannon12866
Aug 2024
#113