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ChoppinBroccoli

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7. And Guess What Happened As Soon As He Dropped Out
Thu Jul 18, 2024, 01:23 PM
Jul 2024

Everyone around him was urging him to drop out because he had low favorability poll numbers. So he did. Immediately after he dropped out, his favorability rating shot back up to 56%, the Democratic Party devolved into warring factions (some wanting Humphrey and some wanting Muskie--this was obviously post-RFK), they settled on a middle-of-the-road candidate (Humphrey) and saddled the country with Nixon. And in a lot of ways, the country has never really recovered. Pay attention to history, because it's repeating itself right now. Except in this case, a second Trump presidency would mean the END of our country, not just deep wounds we're still suffering from 50 years later.

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