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2016 Postmortem

zipplewrath

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1. George Senior

Reply to geek tragedy (Original post)

Tue Dec 20, 2016, 01:25 PM

Dec 2016

He's probably the lone exception. Not many can claim his executive branch resume, much less his total political background.

Eisenhower is a tough one because he had a lot of applicable experience, but all of it was the "non-elected" type.

LBJ is another one, not many people get elected to the presidency for the first time, WHILE they are president.

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Presidents since WWII who won first election because they were more qualified than their opponent: [View all] geek tragedy Dec 2016 OP

George Senior zipplewrath Dec 2016 #1

Poppy Bush won because of structural reasons and because he had a weak opponent. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #4

Truman dsc Dec 2016 #2

they inherited the role of president, they weren't elected as President. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #5

Nixon was more qualified than McGovern? Reagan more than Carter? baldguy Dec 2016 #3

No, point is experience wasn't why they won. geek tragedy Dec 2016 #6