Presidential+Election+Memories

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1960
my mom was touring the U.S. Capitol on a summer vacation. in a hallway, John F kennedy, presidental candidate passed them, waved and said hello. my mom recalls that my grandmother said to her,"that man may be our next presidant. -mom as told to 14jr, 8B

1960 My grandparents remembered the election of J. F. Kennedy. They remembered it because a, of how close the election was, b, his subsequent assassination, c, my grandmother helped at the Maryland center for his political party and d, because the results of the election weren’t known for longer than they usually were. -Grandparents in Australia as told to Theodore A, 8A

1960 My grandma told me that the most memory she has was when President Kenneday was elected. She said that she was very appy & excited because, she wanted him to win and he did she remembered that they were about to get a change in office. -Grandmother as told to 7, 8A

1968
My mom remembers the presidential election of 1968, it was a very traumatic time, and the country was divided over the Vietnam War She remembers getting on the school bus one morning and being told by one of the other kids that senator Robert Kennedy, who was running for the democratic presidential nomination, had been assassinated, at first, she didn’t even believe her. It seemed so shocking after the assassinations of president john Kennedy in 1963, and of Martin Luther King junior in April 1968. But it was true, Senator Kennedy had been shot. -Mother as told to 13AO, 8B

1972
My mom remembers when Nixon was running for president. My mom remembers this because her father was involved in getting Nixon elected. It made a big impression on her because she wwas young, and she had never been intrested in politics until then. My mom says that Nixon did somthing called wage price controlls which she says was really big back then. -Mom as told to 4LTD, 8B

1976
Ronald Regan, 1976. it was Mr. Regan’s election in 1976. She was in English class (high school) and they were studying foreign affairs, and when they heard an actor had been elected president, of all things, it was hilarious. It was funny because in France there’s a bunch of things you have to study before being elected anything, much less president. -My mother as told to 6LF, 8B

1980
My dad remembers when Ronald Regan beat Jimmy Carter in 1980. He thinks that it was amazing how one persons change in direction could lead to a change in direction throughout the country. He thought it was also good how Ronald Regan got us out of the cold war. -My dad as told to 9AK, 8B

1984
My mom remembers when Ronald Reagan was running against Walter Mondale. She remembers it for a couple of reasons: one, it was the first election she got to vote in because she had just turned 18, and two, she was a freshman in college and she remembers sitting in a friends dorm room watching the election coverage and being blown away by how the map was taking shape. Each time a state reported the outcome of its own election, a color would appear on the map, blue or red indicating which candidate had won that state. The red represented Reagan and the republicans, the blue represented Mondale and the democrats. As it turned out, the entire country was red except for D.C., and one other state: Minnesota, where Mondale was from. -Mom as told to **Rachel C**, 8B

My mom's presidential election memory is Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro in the 1984 election, came to University of Southern California. Retired Vice President Mondale held a rally with Ms. Ferraro who was a member of the House of Representatives, representing the state of New York. She remembers the rally because it was the 1st time she saw them in person. The affect the rally had on her was to spark her interest in presidential election process. -Mom as told to 12NR, 8A

1992
My dad remembers during Bill Clinton's first run for president he did an interview with the senior political advisor, and they used a phrase, "it's the economy stupid." This phrase was used to keep them focused on the important issue of the election. He thought it was amazing that something as simple as that had such an impact on their campaign. -it was fascinating as told to Claire W, 8A

2000
My dad remembers "President Gore had more indivisual votes, but president Bush had more electoral votes. Also in the state of Florida there was a controversy with the paper ballots, there had to be a recount in many countys. Some people quenstioned how the votes in Ohio were managed.I left me with many questions reguarding who won the election." -My Dad as told to 5ED, 8A

My Mom's strongest memory is of the Gore-Bush election in 2000. In that election the whole thing came down to 537 votes in Florida at a time when the Florida voting equipment was considered unreliable. The election ended in a Supreme Court challenge.

This election left my Mom pretty disillusioned because the Supreme Court had a majority of Republican appointees and the governor of Florida was Bush's brother. It seemed that the process wasn't fair or transparent.

-My Mom as told to 1, 8A

My dad remembers the presidential election between George Bush and Al Gore. He found it interesting because after election night, you still didn't know who had been elected the next president. That election led from paper ballots to electronic ballots because when some people punched a hole through the paper ballot, some of the paper would still be hanging off of the hole, so election officials did not know if that was a vote or the tear just naturally happened. He thinks that the electronic voting process is better to make sure that votes are counted properly. -Dad as told to 12MR, 8A

2000 My Dad remembers when George W. Bush was running against Al gore for president. It was a very close race, even after the election the country still didn't know who had won the race. Al Gore had the most votes across the country but George Bush had won more of the larger states. The election wasn't decided until a couple of weeks when the court had finally decided that George W. Bush had won. -My Dad as told to 6ehd, 8A

My dad's favorite presidential election memory was the election against George Walker Bush (republican candidate) and Al Gore (Democrat candidate) in 2000. It was a very close race, so close that it came down to however won the states Florida and Ohio would win the entire race. There were a lot of debate's and arguments about the Florida voting system and whether or not it was accurate. It took two weeks for them to actually figure out who had won the overall vote of Florida. But eventually the court decided that Florida's voting system was accurate and that George W. Bush won both the Florida and Ohio states, so he was elected President. -Dad as told to 5LSD, 8B

Mrs. Gray remembers Al gore running against george Bush. There was a miscount in Florida and how emberbassing for the United States. She remembers it being a little funny as well. -Mrs. Gray as told to 2AC, 8B

2000 My Dad remembers the 2002 presidential election with Gorge Bush vs. Al Gore. He told me that Gorge Bush lost the election and only got delegate votes. Al Gore won the election and got all the popular votes. Although he won the election it was taken away from him by the supreme court. They had to go to court because the the states were deadlocked. Then Florida was the deciding state and they kept miss counting. Then Gorge Bush won the election -My Dad as told to 10 **Sarah Mc**, 8B

2000 When Gore and bush were so close in the election that Florida had to re-count their votes. my mom said that it was so exciting to watch it on TV and read it on the news. she said it was definetly an experiance that she could remember. -my Mom as told to **Emily J.** 8B

2004
1.i remember in the bush/kerry election it was a very big election with much media press alot of people did not know who to vote for. i would have voted for bush myself though his dissapproval rating wasnt high at the end of his term. t wasnt the biggest election since we had a surplus of money. 2. i knew of it because it was important and had lots of media covrage. it was important because people did not know wether to elect him for a second term. 3. Well i think it affected all of us escpecially because bush got elected anad started this terrible war -friend as told to 9, 8A