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105 year old voter says this election is like nothing she's seen before

A 105-year-old woman from Wellesley has just voted in her 21st presidential election. Herlda Senhouse says this year's race is like none she's ever seen before.

105 year old voter says this election is like nothing she's seen before
A 105-year-old woman from Wellesley has just voted in her 21st presidential election. Herlda Senhouse says this year's race is like none she's ever seen before.
WEBVTT >> THIS IS MY GREAT-NIECE. DAVID: HERLDA SENHOUSE LOOKS BACK PROUDLY THROUGH 105 YEARS OF FAMILY PICTURES BUT SHAKES HER HEAD WHEN SHE THINKS ABOUT THIS YEAR'S RACE FOR PRESIDENT. >> I THINK IT'S THE MOST STUPID CAMPAIGN I HAVE EVER WITNESSED. DAVID: BORN 9 YEARS BEFORE WOMEN COULD VOTE SENHOUSE GRADUATED FROM WOBURN HIGH, MARRIED, AND WORKED IN RICH PEOPLE'S HOMES. SHE'S CAST 21 VOTES FOR PRESIDENT, BEGINNING WITH FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT IN 1936 >> THEY HAD THE VOTES , THIS NASTY STUFF THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. DAVID: SHE SAW TRUMAN COME FROM BEHIND, KENNEDY USE TV TO SHINE, AND REAGAN ELECTED AS A YOUNGSTER AGED 69. BUT SHE HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN HER HEART FOR BARACK OBAMA, WHOSE FAMILY PORTRAIT SITS IN HER LIVING ROOM. >> THIS TO ME IS HISTORICAL. TO HAVE A BLACK PRESIDENT. DAVID: NOW SENHOUSE HOPES TO SEE HISTORY AGAIN, CASTING HER VOTE THIS WEEK FOR HILLARY CLINTON WHO SHE HOPES WILL BE THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT. AND AFTER THAT DO YOU THINK YOU WILL EVER GET THE CHANCE TO VOTE FOR A BLACK WOMAN PRESIDENT? >> I AM NOT GOING TO LIVE THAT LONG. [LAUGHTER] DAVID: BUT JUST IN CASE HERLDA SENHOUSE WILL BE KEEPING UP ON ISSUES MEASURING CANDIDATE'S CLAIMS, AND READY IN 2020 TO MAKE HER CHOICE AGAIN. IN WELLESLEY, DAVID BIENICK,
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105 year old voter says this election is like nothing she's seen before
A 105-year-old woman from Wellesley has just voted in her 21st presidential election. Herlda Senhouse says this year's race is like none she's ever seen before.
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