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Re:It's Going to Be Okay by bryondowd on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @12:32PM (#12912408)
Yep, and the Republicans did it 3 more times before that. And then there's Jackson/Van Buren three terms Dem which immediately follows the first big run of Thomas Jefferson and co running 7 terms as the Democratic-Republican party.

So really, it's just uncommon in the last sixty-odd years.

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Re:It's Going to Be Okay by devonkim on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @01:01PM (#12912761)
So when the 22nd amendment was passed to limit the president to two terms in 1951 that seems to have changed the dynamics considerably.
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Re:It's Going to Be Okay by kjbflsudfb on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @01:15PM (#12912951)
Maybe. Maybe not. We don't have a good control group to be able to know for certain. I think there is some psychological effect the term limit has on voters. For many the end of a second terms appeals to them as an opportunity of a fresh start (for better or worse), which may translate into electing a leader from a different party.
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