• bostonbananarama@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Can you show an election where that strategy has worked this late in the game?

        To my knowledge the President and vice President haven’t stepped down from a political campaign. However, I can point to a situation in which a vice president took over for an unpopular president and lost. That would be Hubert Humphrey in 1968.

        Additionally, just based on logic alone, it is ridiculous to insinuate that it wouldn’t be better to have an unknown candidate than a disliked candidate.

        How could it be better to have a candidate that voters do not like, over a candidate that they haven’t come to an opinion on yet?

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        1 year ago

        Its not, last time we did this Reagan won by a fucking landslide. I am very nervous but voting D.

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          In 1980, Reagan beat an unpopular incumbent, Carter, by a huge margin. In 1984, Reagan was the incumbent and crushed Walter Mondale. I’m not sure which one is the, “last time we did this” though.

          If anything, Reagan shows us that unpopular incumbents do not have a high likelihood of reelection.