Anyone’s Game: If Trump Is Reelected

Incumbents historically have had the best odds of a win. Since 1900 only five incumbents have lost a second-term bid.

Economic downturns were afflicting the nation in all five of these political upsets, including that of Gerald Ford, who was never elected but became president after Richard Nixon’s resignation.

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