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SummerSnow

(12,608 posts) Mon Mar 16, 2020, 08:52 AM Mar 2020

It has all the earmarks of a recession. Has any sitting President ever won reelection during a recession or economic crisis? I don't think so.

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We are in a economic and health crisis and this is just the tip of the iceberg... [View all] SummerSnow Mar 2020 OP

But..... Sukee Mar 2020 #2

We always have been. Now it's just affecting more people. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2020 #3

I'm not sure there is any precedent that compares. defacto7 Mar 2020 #4

The closest I can come up with is the US Civil War... Hugin Mar 2020 #5

If it lasts beyond four weeks we will be in depression JCMach1 Mar 2020 #7