I was there too. My husband is shocked and saddened by this.
I was 18 and had just graduated from High School.
I voted Democrat the first time I voted. Believe it was for McGovern. Soon thereafter I was thinking about it and realized I was not a Democrat, I was a Republican. Have voted that way ever since. We were kids then, many from my School were in Nam including my cousins in the Marines. We thought it was an adventure to go to Woodstock. I just remember being dirty.
"Thinking" is the key word there. It will lead you to being a pubbie anytime! LOL