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🦋 Presidential elections I have seen

The fourth day of next month (a day I can hardly wait for!) will mark the second presidential election I've voted in while living in South Orange. Before that:

• One election in Jackson Heights, 2000. I was disappointed about Bush winning but truth be told, I was pretty apathetic that year. Soon afterwards I had cause to feel bad about my apathy.
• One election in Sunnyside, 1996. I remember being really keyed up and excited about Clinton being re-elected.
• One election in Park Slope, 1992. Was not really very engaged that year, I can't remember what I thought about the election. Pretty sure I voted for Clinton.
• One election while a student at Columbia, 1988. I had no clue that year, IIRC I voted for Lenora Fulani or something equally ridiculous and lame. This was the first election I had ever voted in.
• All previous elections (that I can remember), I was living at my parents' house in Modesto. I think the earliest election I have any real memory of is 1980.

So: this is the longest I've spent living in one place since childhood! This is also true of Ellen. Wild.

(Also, come to think of it: this is the second election since I started blogging. FWIW.)

posted morning of Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
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