Who was the first politician you voted against?

[Que]

The first three presidential cycles I was supportive of the candidate I supported. My 1992 vote was not out of any particular distaste for Bill Clinton. I was neutral on him, but wanted the continuity of Bush 41. He was a little Rockefeller for my taste but acceptable.

1996 was the first time that I voted for "the other guy' really would have voted for "any other guy." I was not enthusiastic of Bob Dole. I would have rather had Libby if it came to that.

Since then, it seems like most votes, not just by me, but are for candidates no one likes but are better than the other guy.

I don't like this trend.

 

[Kitty]

I was first able to vote in Obama-Romney. I voted against Romney. http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/images/smilies/u.gif

 

[Que]

Bush 43 was actively supported by my formerly liberal wife. That says something. I didn't like him in the primary, and in both general elections he was the slightly less stupid candidate. Yes, I know, it is liberal dogma that GW was an idiot. He was inarticulate but I'll wager $10 cash American on him on any test on any subject that you want to put in front of him vs Kerry or Gore. I suspect most voters on both sides held their noses and voted.

Obama I wanted to support when he was championed as a Reagan-like communicator and someone the country could unite behind. I felt positive rhetoric from a good speaker would be what the economy needed as much as any other policy.

I was not enthusiastic about McCain, the Proto-Rhino. I felt a president McCain would take Republicans even farther from conservative principles. The unscripted "Joe the Plumber" moment decided my vote. I was unable to cast it though due to logistics and poor preplanning.

After 4 years of this administration I would have switched parties to vote for Hillary if she had challenged him. I would have voted for anyone except maybe Harry Reid or Joe Biden in the general. I actually thought Romney was a bad candidate but would have made a great president. So, despite the fact that I would have voted "anybody but" I was glad to have a candidate I could support.

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Other races..

This year in the primary I had a lot of candidates to choose from. Most I eliminated for one reason or another on positions or general demeanor and electablility. My guys and girls won. Some local stuff was unopposed or for offices that are non-partisan and I like the local.

The most interesting candidate my state is in a town I visit often but do not have residency. I might establish residency to vote for her. Other than my former neighbor, she is the only candidate I would be interested in actively working for. My neighbor is in one of the safest seats in the nation, so he does not need my help. I like that he is not a bomb thrower when the base, for him IS the electorate. He could be to the right of Eugene McCarthy. Says something about him and that district that he is conservative, but watches his rhetoric.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I voted against Nixon in 1972. I was for him in 1968.

 

[Que]

I was first able to vote in Obama-Romney. I voted against Romney. http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/images/smilies/u.gif

Meaning you would have preferred a different choice than Obama? Or would you have preferred Obama as a positive choice if his policies or results were different in some way?

Or, did you find Romney, specifically distasteful, for whatever your own reasons might be?

I guess what i am asking was it a like Obama and hate Romney or was it not excited about Obama and find even less to like in Romney?

 

[Que]

I voted against Nixon in 1972. I was for him in 1968.

Seems like you had an active stake in that at that time, correct?

It's funny. You posted a pic from that time period on the tarmac I think it was. I see that version of you in my head now.

 

[Kitty]

Meaning you would have preferred a different choice than Obama? Or would you have preferred Obama as a positive choice if his policies or results were different in some way?

Or, did you find Romney, specifically distasteful, for whatever your own reasons might be?

I guess what i am asking was it a like Obama and hate Romney or was it not excited about Obama and find even less to like in Romney?

Mitt Romney seemed to know and care nothing about the average citizen. He has also said he "understands black people because his ancestors owned slaves." That was odd. My mother works at a "black" college, she has connections and has told me things about him. I am not so big for Obama, but I arbitrarily support him. But...maybe the country would be better under Romney. It's just he wants to cut away from "people at the bottom," which negates everything I stand and go to college for. But he's old news now. Waitin' on Hillary...

 

[DesEsseintes]

I voted against Tony Blair in '97. My reasoning was that given another 5 years of a crippled, just-snuck-across-the-finishing-line Tory party who by 2002 would have been in power for 23 years, Labour could have put forward a real Labour leader rather than a Tory-lite one, and the country would have voted Labour in desperation. They didn't NEED to go as far to the centre as Blair, but they were desperate.

Anyway, my plan was scuppered by the utter fucking stupidity of the electorate not doing what I told them. Yet more proof of the intellectual bankruptcy of democracy: the rule of the least fit.

 

[Kitty]

I voted against Tony Blair in '97. My reasoning was that given another 5 years of a crippled, just-snuck-across-the-finishing-line Tory party who by 2002 would have been in power for 23 years, Labour could have put forward a real Labour leader rather than a Tory-lite one, and the country would have voted Labour in desperation. They didn't NEED to go as far to the centre as Blair, but they were desperate.

Anyway, my plan was scuppered by the utter fucking stupidity of the electorate not doing what I told them. Yet more proof of the intellectual bankruptcy of democracy: the rule of the least fit.

I don't get British politics, as in, I don't know much about it. But I've heard of UKIP and Tories. My ex hates them. They're like the Tea Party of UK he said. But he's just a mad Irish lad

 

[DesEsseintes]

UKIP are the isolated blurt thread of British politics. They don't even have a manifesto since their own leader denounced the one he ran on last time as 'drivel'. But people vote for them because Europe, boo, nasty foreigners.

And because people are terminally fucking stupid, as I may have mentioned earlier.

 

[AZMotherLover]

I voted against Reagan in 1984 (I certainly wasn't excited about Walter Mondale), and since then i have always voted third party and anti-incumbent.

 

[Littlefinger]

Since then, it seems like most votes, not just by me, but are for candidates no one likes but are better than the other guy.

Never been fond of that mentality and it's the reason most times that I don't even vote. It's not a real choice if every time you have to make it, there is nothing good for you in the options, just "slightly less sucky than the other". I'd rather sit back and tell them to do whatever the fuck they want because they end up doing so anyway. No matter how good or bad presidents or any politicians make themselves look during campaign or promises they make, there is no way for me or anyone to hold them accountable to why they were chosen for the position. And they take that as free reign to fuck us all over whenever they feel like it.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Seems like you had an active stake in that at that time, correct?

It's funny. You posted a pic from that time period on the tarmac I think it was. I see that version of you in my head now.

I'll be a Jack Kennedy Democrat till I die, I liked Truman, too. Both experienced war first-hand. I always liked Goldwater. But my personality is more like Lyndon Johnson, he was a racist, too, but objected to how all the nice people shit on blacks, as I object to it too. Witness the racist SONY emails tween all the beautiful libs.

 

[Queersetti]

I sort of like Jerry Ford, but I voted against him for one specific reason, and that was that he pardoned Nixon.

I felt that by protecting Nixon from having to take legal responsibility for his actions, Ford had set a dangerous precedent that would allow future presidents to circumvent the law at will.

I am not always right, but man, was I right that time.

 

[PoppingTom]

... it seems like most votes, not just by me, but are for candidates no one likes but are better than the other guy.

I don't like this trend.

I don't know it any other way. Except I can vote for The Greens if I don't like neither the socialdemocratic nor the christdemocratic candidate.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I sort of like Jerry Ford, but I voted against him for one specific reason, and that was that he pardoned Nixon.

I felt that by protecting Nixon from having to take legal responsibility for his actions, Ford had set a dangerous precedent that would allow future presidents to circumvent the law at will.

I am not always right, but man, was I right that time.

No one wanted Nixon out more than me but in hindsight it was a dum move cuz it encouraged the ragheads to start plenty of mischief with the oil and Israelis. In hindsight Nixon was the lesser of the evils we've suffered since his time.

 

[Queersetti]

No one wanted Nixon out more than me but in hindsight it was a dum move cuz it encouraged the ragheads to start plenty of mischief with the oil and Israelis. In hindsight Nixon was the lesser of the evils we've suffered since his time.

The Yom Kippur War began on October 6, 1973.

The OPEC oil embargo began on October 20, 1973.

Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974.

 

[Lasher]

I think I voted for Perot in '92 so I wouldn't have to vote for Bush 41 or Clinton.

I live in a suburb and county that's dominated by one party and I end up voting for a lot of 3rd party/independents at that level as protest votes against local corruption.

None of this is very helpful.

 

[Mr_Jon_Thon]

I voted against Bob Dole.

Clueless and out of step just wasn't for me.

 

[Comshaw]

The Yom Kippur War began on October 6, 1973.

The OPEC oil embargo began on October 20, 1973.

Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974.

God damn it people, how many times does it have to be said! Do not dilute the rant or confuse the ranter with real facts!!!

Comshaw

 

[AuroraLens]

I don't vote FOR Democrats, but since Republicans refuse to admit that trickle-down economics is a complete failure, especially when coupled with deregulation, along with climate change denial and refusing to believe in evolution makes me vote against Republicans every single time.

When parties deny the facts and refuse to offer new solutions, they eventually doom themselves to extinction. (Maybe once they die out they will believe in evolution)

 

[Katiesub]

I was 18 when they lowered the voting age to 18 in 1972.

I can proudly say that I voted against Richard Nixon at that time.

If I had been a bit older, I would definitely have voted for Mitt Romney's father, George Romney as both governor of my home state (Michigan) and in the 68 race, had he not made the infamous "brainwashing" statement.

George was 20 times the man his son will ever be.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

The Yom Kippur War began on October 6, 1973.

The OPEC oil embargo began on October 20, 1973.

Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974.

Yep, and there wasn't shit happening till Tricky's helicopter took off. Like FDR didn't have one idea about the Depression till March of 1933.

 

[Kitty]

I was 18 when they lowered the voting age to 18 in 1972.

I can proudly say that I voted against Richard Nixon at that time.

If I had been a bit older, I would definitely have voted for Mitt Romney's father, George Romney as both governor of my home state (Michigan) and in the 68 race, had he not made the infamous "brainwashing" statement.

George was 20 times the man his son will ever be.

Wait. So did you vote for Mitt Romney?

 

[Katiesub]

Wait. So did you vote for Mitt Romney?

NNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!