If I travel to 1996 and tell the people that Donald Trump was elected in 2016
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« on: October 15, 2019, 08:09:02 PM »
If I travel to 1996 and tell the people that Donald Trump was elected president of the United States of America in 2016, and if I don't tell who was the opponent, what would the people think?
Trump was a democrat?
Trump was a republican?
Trump was the first neither democrat nor republican president since 1856?
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« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2019, 08:31:38 PM »
I would actually guess independent, seeing how well Ross Perot did and you can argue that Perot Reform party kept gaining strength and finally broke through with a win in 2016
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« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2019, 12:43:16 AM »
I wouldn't rule Trump (I-NY) out with Perot in mind. Trump (R-NY) might be possible because they've ran businessmen before. But me, personally, I would have guessed Trump (D-NY). Zany liberal personality wins against someone dull. I might have answered something like Fmr. Mayor Donald Trump (D-NY) defeats the Vice President to Colin Powell. Maybe Rick Santorum or Olympia Snowe, or some heir to Pat Buchanan.
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« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2019, 06:16:19 AM »
Pat Buchanan would say that Trump copied his political program.
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« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2019, 07:18:41 AM »
Quote from: UWS on October 17, 2019, 06:16:19 AM
Pat Buchanan would say that Trump copied his political program.

I wouldn't predict that Trump would be a populist.
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