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Christian Lech@lechchris2194.bsky.social |
I think it's more than just that. From 1968 until 1988, the Democrats only won the presidential election once. In the 1980s Reagan won first pretty healthily then in a landslide running against a 40-something year old New Deal Consensus and allying with a religious right, seen then as more fringe.
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Christian Lech
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In 1988, Bush turned a polling loss into a healthy win against Dukakis. As for Clinton, the first Dem to become president since Carter, he ran to what was the center at the time openly and many feel he only won because of Perot sucking away Bush voters.
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