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Re:How The Economist’s presidential forecast works by ta1243 on Sunday June 16, 2024 @05:53PM (#40700427)
The chance of them both dying is uncomfortably low.

Seriously, the best two candidates the entire USA has to offer are these washed up octagenarian politicians?

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Re:How The Economist’s presidential forecast works by mensetmanusman on Sunday June 16, 2024 @06:16PM (#40700571)
They are a symptom of a gridlocked and extortionist political system that serves the elite.
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Re:How The Economist’s presidential forecast works by Mountain_Skies on Sunday June 16, 2024 @07:03PM (#40700820)
Since either of them winning would mean a term limited incumbent in 2028, my guess is that both parties will nominate a Millennial candidate for the next election, both messaging that they're the party of fresh ideas for the future.
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Re:How The Economist’s presidential forecast works by seanmcdirmid on Sunday June 16, 2024 @07:07PM (#40700852)
The parties barely have control over who gets nominated, no one in the Republican Party thought Trump was a good idea in 2016 at the start of the primaries. It only matters who gets votes, and the Republican side skews old enough that a millennial would have problems.
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