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2016 Postmortem

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4. star power is often sneered at and discounted. But every Democratic President since 1960

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Wed Dec 7, 2016, 03:58 PM

Dec 2016

but Jimmy Carter has depended upon it for election.

2008 & 2012--Obama--star power

1992 and 1996: Bill Clintonb--star power

1976: Jimmy Carter--Watergate fallout

1964--JFK's running mate is incumbment--see 1960

1960--JFK--star power

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