My first vote was for Nixon. I have no regrets.
Mine too.
I'm 71 now. I was raised a Dem but have never voted for one, not even in local elections. My father was a union Teamster under Hoffa and got me into the union in High School. Viet Nam was hot and heavy at the time and Jane Fonda was riding anti aircraft guns.
My first election was looking at commie Black Panthers, SDS, and Weathermen killing cops and burning America. McGovern was just an out and out Commie. Humphrey wasn't any better. My father flew B-24's in the War and knew McGovern did too, so he had a predilection to like him because of the B-24 thing, but even he couldn't vote Dem that year. He had already voted for Eisenhower before so he voted for Nixon also. He had snapped out of the cult of Dems after FDR.
We still had "Jim Crow" in Texas and it was easy to see it was all Dems that had had white drinking fountains, separate schools, and separate bathrooms. Prayer was still allowed in my schools and sodomy was illegal and the pill had just been invented they said would eliminate unwanted pregnancy.
It was entirely visible that the Dems were pro segregation, anti God, anti baby, and pro sodomy. In general they were demonic on every issue. In my 71 years, I have never voted for one Dem,....ever! I would not hesitate to vote for Nixon even knowing how it turned out. He was the best we had at the time over Satan and his demons.
Likewise for first ever vote. Regrets, I’ve had a few.