if there were no term limits

[freepcrusher]

would elections be less polarized? Because it seems you have a lot of changes in an incumbentless election. In 2000, you see a lot of border state areas swing to the republicans. In 08 it was the urban/suburban areas swinging to the democrats. In 2016 it was the upper midwest/great lakes areas that swung to the republicans.

I still think Bill Clinton was the most popular democratic party president in my lifetime and without term limits, I could see him staying in office until around 2020. Would he have prevented a state like Arkansas from going off the deep end. Or would it just have happened later?

[freepcrusher]

I can see Clinton losing to Bush in 2000, maybe after a liberal primary rival. Nader could had gotten better results in this situation. Gore's enviromentalism gave him more "progressive cred" than Clinton.

Clinton was very popular in 2000 and Bush won by 500 votes against Gore. Clinton probably wins by 10 points