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2016 Postmortem

elleng

(130,895 posts) Mon Oct 12, 2015, 02:01 PM Oct 2015

'When Jimmy Carter entered the Democratic Party presidential primaries in 1976,

he was considered to have little chance against nationally better-known politicians; his name recognition was two percent.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter#1976_presidential_campaign

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'When Jimmy Carter entered the Democratic Party presidential primaries in 1976, (Original Post) elleng Oct 2015 OP

Same with Bill, Barack, and many others. randys1 Oct 2015 #1

The people were tired of the status quo, tired of Republicans (Nixon) and tired of the Democrats LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #2

jimmy enid602 Oct 2015 #3

randys1

(16,286 posts)

1. Same with Bill, Barack, and many others.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Oct 12, 2015, 02:06 PM

Oct 2015

Reagan was a joke, they thought, the joke was on us.

Anyone can win with enough exposure and money

Bernie needs volunteers, all over the country, tens of thousands of them.

So far he has accomplished this with personal appearances and enthusiasm, working great!

LiberalArkie

(15,715 posts)

2. The people were tired of the status quo, tired of Republicans (Nixon) and tired of the Democrats

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Oct 12, 2015, 02:08 PM

Oct 2015

Chicago Democratic Convention. The people wanted down home non big city guy

enid602

(8,616 posts)

3. jimmy

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Mon Oct 12, 2015, 02:25 PM

Oct 2015

And he ended up being a great humanitarian and model ex president.

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