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minus-squareHiImThomasPynchon [des/pair, it/its]hexbear26·2 years agoYou can challenge the sitting president in a primary. While it's unlikely the incumbent president will lose the primary, every president who's received a strong challenger in the primary went on to lose the general election. link
minus-squareCascadia_ [they/them]hexbear29·2 years agoI mean its kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy, the existence of a strong challenger at all implies a lack of faith in the incumbent. link
You can challenge the sitting president in a primary. While it's unlikely the incumbent president will lose the primary, every president who's received a strong challenger in the primary went on to lose the general election.
I mean its kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy, the existence of a strong challenger at all implies a lack of faith in the incumbent.