Is it your first time too?
They say familiarity breeds contempt. In politics as in so many aspects of life we can get caught in the cynical routine rehearsal of arguments: left vs right, red vs blue vs orange and green and on and on and on...
So how do you recapture the sheer pleasure of discovering someone who shares your political passions.. the first tingle of winning backing for your ideas with others of fellow spirit?
On the Politics Show in the South this Sunday we're bringing together a group of first-time voters, bright youngsters untainted by political baggage, with a panel of politicians fighting their particular seats for the first time.
One of them is the Olympic athlete Funda Pepperell, who is standing for Labour in Basingstoke. Liberal Democrat candidate Martin Tod has a baptism of fire fighting the parliamentary seat of Winchester for the first time, and local GP Dr Philip Lee was picked from more experienced campaigners by the people of Bracknell after the scandal surrounding Andrew MacKay.
As ever the discussion will be closely focussed on local issues. BBC 1 South from 12:00. If you're not in the region, and you're a digital satellite viewer, you can find us at channel 984.
Welcome to the hustings! I'm Peter Henley, the BBC's political reporter in the south of England. From parish councils in Sussex, to European politics in Oxford, this is the blog for you. 
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