How India’s massive 2019 election will work

Re:How India’s massive 2019 election will work by parthdesai on Monday March 25, 2019 @12:57PM (#19484234)

While i'm not well versed in politics and democracies around the world, i have seen a common person protest against the government, get over whelming public support, start his own party and go on to become the chief minister of Delhi all within a span of 5-7 years. I know for sure that isn't possible in the US.

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Re:How India’s massive 2019 election will work by rayiner on Monday March 25, 2019 @01:04PM (#19484303)

Bill Clinton was a common person. While he didn't start his own political party, he radically changed the Democratic party into a more conservative form, and got himself elected President.

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Re:How India’s massive 2019 election will work by throwaway123156 on Monday March 25, 2019 @01:08PM (#19484328)

Was Bill Clinton appreciably more conservative than Jimmy Carter, the last Dem President before Clinton?

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Re:How India’s massive 2019 election will work by rayiner on Monday March 25, 2019 @01:22PM (#19484465)

Very much so. Clinton trimmed the welfare rolls, cut the number of federal employees, deregulated finance, deregulated telecom (though Carter was also a major deregulator, having deregulated airlines, trucking, and beer), signed NAFTA, signed DADT, signed DOMA, signed RFRA, passed aggressive violent crime legislation, etc.

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