My earliest election memory is of Reagan/Mondale. I was in the first grade and my elementary school had a mock election. Reagan won by a landslide (to be fair, it was an American school on a US military installation in Europe, so we were probably influenced by our parents...).
I'm a bit older than you (born in 1974) but my earliest election memory is also of Reagan in 1980. In fact my father insisted on bringing me to the Inauguration and although I had no interest at six years old (would rather have played with my Barbies), I am so grateful that I attended. The memories are priceless.
I actually remember the last half of Carter’s presidency... At least bits and pieces of it. I have a very vivid memory of hearing the # of days that the hostages had been held in Iran — it was like day 127 or 167 — I know it was less than 200 days...
And, yes, there was a mock election in our school, too... I think I was in 3rd grade? LOL It was a TOTAL landslide in our mock election too — but then what would you expect in an Upper Middle Class Catholic school, especially with Reagan? LOL