• Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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    4 days ago

    Has it ever happened to an incumbent? I can only think of one that simply refused to run again because they insisted on being a single-term president.

    • MayoPete [he/him, comrade/them]
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      4 days ago

      IDK, will have to look closer. Some reading https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/02/04/contested-presidential-conventions-and-why-parties-try-to-avoid-them/

      • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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        4 days ago

        Reading that article reminded me of how much I hate Reagan and people who say Trump is the worst while praising Reagan. Looked like Ford was actually trying to develop a somewhat okayish policy with the Soviets