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Half of Republicans Would Back Postponing 2020 Election If Trump Proposed It

posted by Fnord666 on Friday August 11 2017, @04:49AM   Printer-friendly
from the glass-half-full-or-half-empty dept.

DeathMonkey writes:

According to a poll conducted by two academic authors and published by The Washington Post, 52 percent of Republicans said they would back a postponement of the next election if Trump called for it.

If Trump and congressional Republicans proposed postponing the election to ensure only eligible citizens could vote, support from Republicans rises to 56 percent.

Pollsters found 47 percent of Republicans think Trump won the popular vote.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/346000-poll-about-half-of-republicans-would-back-postponing-2020-election-if-trump

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Thexalon on Friday August 11 2017, @05:13PM

    by Thexalon (636) on Friday August 11 2017, @05:13PM (#552437)

    The only way FDR got away with it was because we were in the middle of a war.

    FDR got away with it because:
    1. When he did it, it wasn't unconstitutional, just common custom to stop after 2 terms. Ulysses Grant seriously considered trying for a 3rd term, although he didn't end up actually running again. After FDR, they passed the 22nd Amendment to prevent it from happening again.
    2. He was winning easily. In his top year, he pulled 60% of the vote.

    When FDR was elected the third time, Japan hadn't attacked yet.

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