Mine was voting for Ronald Reagan after working for months on his 1976 campaign. He lost, of course. But it was well worth it!
Reagan 1980 was my first. I was at my duty station at Ellsworth AFB. After a long day in the field tending to my flock of Minuteman 3’s, I went down to the local school and stood on line for hours.
Finally it was my turn and they said, you do not live in South Dakota so you cannot get here. I yelled at the poor woman. The people on line went nuts.
They let me cast my ballot. It was dirty, and felt o so good.