I "voted" Bill Clinton in Kindergarten. You see, one of my first friends in public school was named Clinton, so it was a no-brainer.
I'm feeling my age here having "voted" for Bush Sr. over Dukakis since, as the Vice President, he would naturally know the job better. I was eight.
Nor should you. Dukakis was a long serving governor with a track record of competent leadership and would have made a decent president. His winning would have also prevented the rise of the Clintons. Hell, we might have got Jeb Bush instead of W. If I knew beforehand what a pure evil shitheel Atwater was (or had not been blinded by partisan filter bubble) I'd have probably swapped sides. Remember the Dems took a senate seat, gained seats in the House and there were 14-15 states that were within 5% or so of the vote. If you look at the map of that election and see all red it looks more lopsided that it was. I don't think we celebrated until after midnight or so. Dukakis had the problem that he is a policy wonk who made Gore look charismatic and vibrant. Even with all the shit slung at him, he nearly won. Truth is that either candidate was running because they loved the country and wanted it to succeed, IMO. Other than being a part of the Perot madness in four years this was the last election I've been a part of where I was really proud to be a part of it and would be happy with the country in the hands of either candidate. I guess that makes me officially old now, eh?