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Question: What happens if there were no term limits?
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Eisenhower runs and wins
 
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Eisenhower doesn't run or runs, but doesn't win
 
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justfollowingtheelections
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« on: November 21, 2012, 07:19:00 PM »
« edited: November 21, 2012, 07:35:24 PM by blagohair.com »

There was a discussion about term limits, and I was wondering what would have happened if there were no term limits.  Eisenhower was the first president who wasn't allowed to run due to term limits so I thought it would be interesting to have a discussion on how things would have turned out if he was allowed to run for a third term.
I am planning to continue this game with more polls, in order to get an idea of how different US politics would have become.
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« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2012, 07:32:37 PM »

I don't think he could lose, but I don't think he runs because he's not real healthy.
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« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2012, 07:45:32 PM »

I don't think he runs. If he did, he would probably win.
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« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2012, 07:49:54 PM »

He would've definitely won if he had run again, but he definitely wouldn't have run again. His health was in decline and he was 70 years old. That was old back then.
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« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2012, 08:10:50 PM »

Declines to run.
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« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2012, 08:19:28 PM »

Thanks for the contributions everyone!  I was of the same opinion, but I wanted to hear what others thought as well.  I will do a similar poll for Reagan even though I already suspect what the answer will be.
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« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2012, 10:06:37 PM »

I voted Ike runs and wins.  But come to think of it, there were so many concerns about his health that he probably wouldn't have run again.  But if he did, he would have won.
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