So who was your big candidate in the 4th grade?
Ah, that would give away my age, which I generally don’t like to do online (that is also true of certain other types of information). Let me just say that my Dad was considering voting for the Democratic nominee, and I was rooting for the Republican. I watched the debates and both conventions and a lot of the news coverage. I did not react well when he said that he might go Democrat that year, but he did eventually vote for the Republican. He was still transitioning a bit from being a Democrat in his youth to being a Republican in his more mature years.
In my 5th grade class, Ford beat Carter 15 to 8.
Goldwater ... 1964.
I had a Goldwater sweatshirt and baseball cap that I wore EVERYWHERE.
And, in 1968, I had an Archie Bunker for President sweatshirt ...