I was 18 years old in 1976 and actually volunteered for the Reagan campaign. Did door-to-doors. I was young and had bell bottoms and long hair, so the staff thought I’d be great talking to the young generation!
So, Reagan lost to Ford. I HATED that RINO Ford!!! I was so pissed that I voted for Jimmy Carter in November.
I joined the Air Force that year and wound up serving for 22 years. During that time I was not allowed to work on any campaigns.
1980 was great. I was stationed on Cape Cod in Massachusetts at a radar site. I was on “swing” or evening shift on election evening. I was working with some democrat civilian technicians and I loved listening to the radio with them as the returns came in!!! I was so in their faces! Reagan even won Massachusetts!!!
After the shift I stayed up all night partying with some like minded friends. Didn’t have to go back on duty again until 1500, so no problem!
Dittos to ya! Diff is Mad Berners may very well vote for Donald just to get at Hillary like we voted to get at the GOP ( We were too young to know about the “e” back then)!