I was raised like you with a steady diet of current news and politics, mostly at the dinner table as my mom was a working mom.
My 1st vote was for Nixon.
Dinner time was "debate/discussion" time ) and if you couldn't prove your point/didn't get what you were talking about, correct, you couldn't talk for the rest of the meal,. My father was martinet, but that rule DID make me a very good debater and WHY I stick to the facts when posting. :-)