Great analysis (as usual). Though it makes my head hurt to think of the next presidential election already. As you point out, we have had multiple change elections in a row - and Republicans best start considering what that means for them in the mid-terms. If they do not deliver on something, the voters are perfectly happy to give the Democrats another chance (though I don't think they know what they would do other than to impeach Trump again).
Good chart on why The Economy is top of mind for people in elections. Seems to favor people who maybe spent their career in business or private sector then?
"Americans want change. But they’re not getting it. They feel vulnerable in this age of disruption and don’t trust existing institutions. So they keep voting to throw the bums out, inviting new bums to take their place. 11 of the 13 U.S. elections this century have ousted the party running the House, Senate and/or White House, including the last six in a row."
Great analysis (as usual). Though it makes my head hurt to think of the next presidential election already. As you point out, we have had multiple change elections in a row - and Republicans best start considering what that means for them in the mid-terms. If they do not deliver on something, the voters are perfectly happy to give the Democrats another chance (though I don't think they know what they would do other than to impeach Trump again).
Good chart on why The Economy is top of mind for people in elections. Seems to favor people who maybe spent their career in business or private sector then?
I suspect if you made a chart in 2005 of the likely contenders for 2008, Obama and McCain would have been on it.
Bums, bums, bums! ;-]
"Americans want change. But they’re not getting it. They feel vulnerable in this age of disruption and don’t trust existing institutions. So they keep voting to throw the bums out, inviting new bums to take their place. 11 of the 13 U.S. elections this century have ousted the party running the House, Senate and/or White House, including the last six in a row."
Of course, Clinton and the DLC was well known to many across the South as a third way long before 1992. Expect Ross Perot helped as well