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« on: June 17, 2024, 09:55:21 AM »
The economic collapse in 2008 was very, very late. Even though Lehman collapsed in September, the impact on main street arguably didn't fully kick in until November-January, the winter after the election. Had the election been held a month or two later, Obama could've had an FDR style win.
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