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The Unelectability Myth
By Natasha H

Would you vote for a killer who had married a married woman? Would you vote for a guy whose views were so liberally radical that his election would ensure the polarization and the probable breakup of the country? Would you vote for a man who wanted to change our capitalistic systems and institute socialistic government programs? Would you vote for a man whom a large segment of society believed would initiate World War III?

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The attack word bantered around the most in the current election cycle is the word "unelectability." But what does this word mean? The men described above should have been unelectable. Yet they were among our most popular Presidents.

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