Why do Republicans think that Donald Trump being re-elected will save them ?

@HoraceGreenley But so what. It still doesn't prove anything. Reread my post. 🙂

@Zonuss your post doesn't prove anything. You think it's mere luck that incumbents almost always win?

@HoraceGreenley

Parties of presidents who were under an impeachment cloud are 0-3 in the next election.

(Yes, I know Johnson ran on the Union ticket, but he was a Democrat).

@HoraceGreenley No. Its circumstances.

@beckyromero Which Presidents?

@HoraceGreenley Majority of them. It doesn't matter if he wins or not. Its not gonna save you. 🙂

@Zonuss if Trump wins it would be bad for me? How does that work?

@HoraceGreenley [quote]Which Presidents?[/quote]

Johnson, Nixon and Clinton.

Grant won in 1868.
Carter won in 1976.
Bush won in 2000.

@beckyromero Nixon was in his second term and so was Clinton. They couldn't run again.

@HoraceGreenley

I repeat:

[b][big]Parties of presidents who were under an impeachment cloud are 0-3 in the next election.[/big][/b]

@HoraceGreenley Cinton stayed in the White House and left with almost 70% approval rating. You must be crazy Jack. 🤭

@Zonuss and 50% of the furnishings

@Zonuss The question is about Presidential reelection. My point is that There are term limits.

@HoraceGreenley

And [b]MY[/b] point is that the PARTY of the president who was under an impeachment cloud historically LOSES in the next election, whether the incumbant can run or not.

@Zonuss

The week before the 2000 election, Clinton's approval/disapproval was 57% - 38% in the Gallup poll.

He was never in the red his whole second term and left with a 66% - 29% rating.

And yet the Democratic nominee in that next election still lost.

@beckyromero That's a separate issue. The trend is that the party in power loses the next Presidential election after 8 years in power. The political sentiment swings back and forth regardless of impeachment issues.

@HoraceGreenley [quote]The political sentiment swings back and forth regardless of impeachment issues.[/quote]

Historically, that is [b]not[/b] true.

Only times the 8-year swing occurred since the end of Civil War?

1912 - 1920 Wilson
1952 - 1960 Eisenhower
1960 - 1968 JFK-LBJ
1968 - 1976 Nixon-Ford
1992 - 2000 Clinton
2000 - 2008 Bush 43
2008 - 2016 Obama
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total of 56 years


How many presidential term-years that it wasn't the case?

1868 - 1884 Hayes, Garfield, Cleveland
1888 Cleveland lost re-election
1892 Harrison lost re-election
1896 - 1912 McKinley, T. Roosevelt, Taft
1920 - 1932 Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
1932 - 1952 F. Roosevelt, Truman
1976 - 1980 Carter
1980 - 1992 Reagan, Bush
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total of 88 years

years noted are the years of elections

I'd also note that in both the 2000 and 2016 election, the winner lost the popular vote, only narrowly winning the electoral college.

Furthemore, Ford narrowly lost the election in 1976 and Bush narrowly won in 2004. I'd further add that Eisenhower was barred from running for a third term or he might have also nixed the 8-year myth. And Wilson suffered a stroke or he might have ran for a third term campaign on support for U.S. entry in the League of Nations.

@beckyromero I'm looking at the past 40 years

@HoraceGreenley

😂

I'm not.

And even if one did:

1980 Carter lost after one-term
1980 - 1992 Reagan served two terms, succeeded by Bush
1992 Bush lost after one-term
1992 - 2000 Clinton served two terms and then Al Gore won the popular vote
2004 Bush 43 narrowly won re-election
2016 Hillary won the popular vote

The 8-year limit is a myth. It surely has some effect. But it is NOT the predominating factor.