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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Nah it's just the seesaw effect. There are very few times when a presidential candidate from the incumbent party does better than their predecessor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

That sounds like something losers say, ngl. Any of these seesaw candidates ever try doing something good?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I mean maybe they're doomed to seesaw because of the bourgeois two-winged uniparty, but accumulated outrage is a strong driver.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

START THE STEAL

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

The last time an incumbent president got a bigger fraction of the vote
was in