I became a Republican in 1951, the first year I could vote.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was a Democrat for a period of time early on. And then I was also an independent. And then I became a Republican.
I have voted for a Republican for president ever since I was voting and since I was 18 years old.
I became a Republican when a very wise young lady asked me how I could remain a Democrat when I didn't agree with what they stood for and did agree with what the Republicans supported.
Well, I've been a Republican for all of my voting life.
I came into the Republican party in 1980, when I was a college student at Georgetown.
As son of a Republican president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, it is automatically expected by many that I am a Republican. For 50 years, through the election of 2000, I was.
When I first registered to vote I registered as a Democrat.
I became a Republican because I trust people more than I trust government.
I became a Republican in the summer of 1972. I was involved in running President Nixon's re-election campaign in California and became part of his administration at the start of his second term.
I have been a Republican since 1966.