Ah Bernie, what could have been... - eviltoast
  • Phegan@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    You also left out that Clinton only won because Perot was in the race and took voters from Bush, Carter lost because of the gas shortages, not to conserve and Biden won because he was against a historically unpopular incumbent. Your explanation is in complete and reductionist.

    You also left out Kerry who ran as a moderate and lost to Bush.

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      5 months ago

      This just isn’t true. There is a wealth of scholarly writing on the subject from both political science and statistics approaches. Clinton wins with or without Perot.