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| Topic | Both political parties take 8 year turns in office unless theres a major fuck up |
| The Popo 11/13/20 8:54:17 AM #1: | If you go back to Eisenhower in 1953, this has been the trend (Truman had 8 years before him, but that was coming off 12 years of a fellow Democrat in Roosevelt). The only hiccups over nearly the last 70 years are 1) Carter getting 4 years due to horrible inflation and the Iran hostage crisis, 2) the Republicans gaining an extra 4 years from HW after Reagans term, which could probably be slotted in part to how bad the Democrat candidates were, and 3) Trump only getting 4 years after running a miserable presidency. Thought that was interesting that the system is pretty predictable like that: R Eisenhower, 1953-61 (8 years) D Kennedy/Johnson, 1961-69 (8 years) R Nixon/Ford, 1969-77 (8 years) D Carter, 1977-81 (4 years; high inflation, Iran hostage crisis) R Reagan, 1981-89 (8 years) R Bush, 1989-93 (4 years; Dems put out a bad candidate in Dukakis) D Clinton, 1993-2001 (8 years; back on schedule) R Bush, 2001-09 (8 years) D Obama, 2009-17 (8 years) R Trump, 2017-21 (4 years; fucked up many major issues) D Biden, 2021-? --- Live action Hungry Hungry Hippos though, now that was a sport. ~Aeon Azuran ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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