GOP in 2000 benefited from (1) natural post-incumbent trend & (2) end of Perot party spilt. But yes, Clinton escaping consequences hurt Gore. BUT, in Congressional races, esp Senate, GOP still underperformed in 2000. Impeachment was a 2-edged sword.https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1225436141639393287 …
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Replying to @baseballcrank
pretty much - impossible to isolate all the variables but this sounds reasonable to me
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The post-incumbent trend is a very powerful one and Bush actually underperformed it a bit, though not nearly as much as Trump didhttps://thefederalist.com/2014/09/04/history-is-not-on-the-democrats-side-in-2016/ …
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