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DemocratforJillStein
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1968 (age 21): A member of the anti-war movement as a college student, this person abstained from voting because Nixon was too conservative, Humphrey supported escalating the war, and was displeased that the Democratic Party still possessed a segregationist wing represented by George Wallace.
1972 (25): The nomination of George McGovern represented a real liberal shift in the Democratic Party, and this person supported McGovern enthusiastically.
1976 (29): Ford, who ended the Vietnam War
1980 (33): Reagan, an outsider who represented change
1984 (37): Mondale, enthusiastically
1988 (41): Dukakis, enthusiastically
1992 (45): Brown in the primaries; Perot in the general, who represented change and independence from the 2-party system
1996 (49): Perot
2000 (53): Bill Bradley in the primaries; Nader in the general
2004 (57): Dean in the primaries; Kerry in the general
2008 (61): Obama
2012 (65): Obama
2016 (69): Bernie Sanders in the primary; Clinton, reluctantly, in the general.
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