I was 10 watching the ‘84 returns (probably on NBC), rooting for Fritz and Titz. I was so convinced (thanks to my biased Commie Granny, the media and the like) that Mondale was gonna romp. When he lost in a landslide, that was like a well-deserved slap across the face. Although my conversion wouldn’t occur for 2 more years, it did begin to cause me to reassess reality, something for which the left refuses to do. Of course, my excuse was that I was a child. Any grown-up that subscribes to that mindset has no excuse.
The media didn’t mention the polls? Even Granny must have realized Mondale would lose.
Chanting **** Dukakis in 1988 during the rat convention is my first political memory by far.
In 1992 I remember the class having a mock election, I wanted to pick Perot but didn’t know how to spell it.
I was 11 in 1994, I have no memories of the returns but “Jim Edgar” was stuck in my head (I told my grandma that the Governor of the Zoo was Jim Ed-grrrrrrr or something like that ;p) and Republicans taking Congress was discussed in some class where you supposed to bring in a newspaper article to discuss, it wasn’t graded so I never brought one. Some kid said it was good Congress could stop Clinton “from doing something too crazy”.
It was really 1996 before I began to pay attention.