Posted on 10/27/2020 11:54:06 AM PDT by JoanSmith
Has there been a case where a Republican was expected to win the presidency, and the nation was surprised/flabbergasted by the election of the Democrat candidate? I am hearing lots of liberals express genuine fear/anxiety about the upcoming election (in contrast to 2016 where they assumed victory). I see the liberal fear and anxiety as a good thing, as it indicates they know (whether consciously or unconsciously) they are greatly outnumbered.
Of course I plan to vote, on November 3rd, in person. Just wondering how the current 'feeling' in America relates to previous examples.
Three words: Dewey Defeats Truman.
True enough....but GHWB also invited a spoiler because of his inept performance....
perhaps others here don’t agree, but I think if it hadn’t been Perot, it would have been someone else....maybe even Buchanan. Maybe even Trump! (Remember, he ran briefly at one point for the Reform Party nomination....I forget what year...but he did dip his toe in....).
GHWBush abandoned his “Read my lips, NO NEW TAXES”pledge because he made the typical Republican assumption that Democrats were honest and would work with him legislatively. Thank God Trump is not so naive!”
that is true. Bush and his inner circle didn’t really have any notion that they would lose.
Most definitely he would be considered conservative, and he was a lot more conservative than many of his supporters even were.
Ross Perot - two consecutive elections - elected & re-elected bill-jeff scumbag
Yes, but of course Truman was the incumbent
I remember thinking Bush looked relieved he had lost. Sad!
The first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, was reelected, but didn't serve out his second term due to assassination. His successor, Andrew Johnson, was a Democrat and was succeeded in 1869 by Ulysses S. Grant (to nitpickers, Hiram Ulysses Grant), who was reelected and served out both his terms, the first Republican to do so. The next Republican to pull that off was Dwight D. Eisenhower (to nitpickers, he was David Dwight at first, but as he wasn't a "Jr" his mother switched the names). The third Republican to accomplish two complete terms was Ronald Reagan. The fourth was GW Bush. The fifth will be Donald Trump.
for sure....
and there is “something” to all of the deep state stuff about clinton, bush, that airport in Arkansas, funding of CIA ops., etc. Don’t know exactly what. But there’s something to that.
Didn’t TR serve two terms and then some?
No, he didn't. He was VP on the ticket, McKinley was assassinated. TR was elected president once in his own right, and didn't serve two terms as president. He ran as "Bull Moose" candidate and helped usher in Woodrow Wilson.
ok, scratch that...TR served most of McKinley’s term, then was re-elected. Didn’t serve two FULL terms.
Bush 41 was beaten by Ross Perot - due to his own refusal to take seriously a lot of the problems that populist Trump addressed in 2016.
yep, quite right....I “fact checked” myself right after posting....and you are quite right.
love the historical knowledge at this site! thank you!!!
Are Grant and Eisenhower the only West Point grads to be POTUS?
Carter was Annapolis. Those are the only three military academy grads to be president.
I don't know.
It's remarkable that it took from 1877 (end of Grant's 2nd term) to 1953 (Eisenhower sworn in).
Andrew Johnson is one of only three US presidents to have been impeached. All survived the Senate trial.
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