I first voted for president in 1976. I was a Reagan supporter then ( even worked the campaign in my state) and just hated Gerald R. Ford. I was so against him that when he beat Reagan for the GOP nomination I voted for Carter.
I should have written in Ronaldus Magnus!
That would have been a Carter vote.
I worked my heart out for Reagan in 1976, even attending the convention as a member of Youth for Reagan and joining in the wild demonstration on his behalf when his name was placed in nomination.
Even after Ford was nominated, I joined a group of dissidents chanting “write in Reagan” and “four more months,” which got the attention of the media as TV cameras swung over and pointed our way. But in November, because I perceived Carter as a southern-fried McGovern, I had to vote for Ford.