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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sat Apr 23, 2016, 11:11 AM Apr 2016

Hillary (or Trump) a one term President?

Divisive front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton — battling ever-growing unpopularity, strong resistance from within their own parties, partisan stonewalling and even age — may already be doomed to a one-term presidency, pundits say.

“I’ll admit that Trump and Clinton superficially have one-termer written all over them,” said Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics.
“Trump and Clinton have high unfavorables and 100 percent name identification. There’s not much room to turn your image around, or at least it’s very difficult.
If the voters don’t like you, they’re apt to blame you for all the bad things that happen in your term.”

Trump and Clinton are some of the most unpopular front-runners in recent history and an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll earlier this week showed their image suffering even more as the election drags on.

Clinton is viewed positively by just 32 percent of Americans and negatively by 56 percent, according to the poll. Trump’s positives are at just 24 percent, compared to 65 percent negative.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/2016/04/pundits_donald_trump_or_hillary_clinton_likely_1_and_done_term

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Hillary (or Trump) a one term President? (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Apr 2016 OP
No-term would be even better. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2016 #1
Guess we will know when the four years are complete astrophuss42 Apr 2016 #2
I think they could win a second term DetroitSocialist83 Apr 2016 #3
both are likely to be impeached and not finish one term 2pooped2pop Apr 2016 #4
In either cas we will "live in interesting times". If we survive. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2016 #5

astrophuss42

(290 posts)
2. Guess we will know when the four years are complete
Sat Apr 23, 2016, 11:15 AM
Apr 2016

I'm interested in knowing what will change and what won't. If it's indeed HRC or Trump I envision the voted-in-while-hated-didn't-make-meaningful-change route.

 

2pooped2pop

(5,420 posts)
4. both are likely to be impeached and not finish one term
Sat Apr 23, 2016, 12:03 PM
Apr 2016

Hillary will have destroyed the chance to get a woman president for decades after her fiasco.

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