anyone here old enough to remember eugene mccarthy?

[SheilaT]

28. Oh, yes.

Although I wasn't a fan of his, probably wouldn't have voted for him, not that it matters much since I wasn't old enough anyway, having been born in 1948.

I will say that the election of 1968 was a huge exercise in frustration for me, since I was not quite old enough to vote. I knew that Richard Nixon was a horrible choice. Not that Hubert Humphrey was a good choice, but I'd have voted for him over Nixon any day.

Because I was unable to vote until I turned 21, I was sufficiently turned off that I did not vote in 1972, which I still regret.

In 1976 I voted. I was a student at my local junior college (part time, working full time) and on election day that year, in my psychology class that morning, the professor at the beginning of class looked at us students and said,"Today is election day, as I'm sure all of you know. And I do hope that all of you are planning on voting today. But I'd like to remind you that a low voter turnout favors Republicans, so if you're a Republican, DON'T VOTE." I almost fell out of my chair laughing, and I was the only person in the class who got the vote. My instructor look at me with an expression of profound gratefulness.

I have voted in every election since then, including primary elections. I do often feel very angry that because of our totally stupid and anachronistic Electoral College, that my vote never really counts, and I threaten not to vote almost every election cycle, although I have always voted.