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Jamie Raskin: Why It's Been So Hard to Nail Trump; plus Michael Kazin on the Democrats

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The History of American Politics

In 19 36, a majority of black voters voted for the democratic candidate instead of the republican candidate. The union movement was surging in 19 36 and most of the unions that would be formed did support f t r and and democrats across the board. In 19 64, l b j's victory then, i's still worth recalling l b j got 61 point one% That's actually more than regan got in 19 80. His victory margin was 16 million votes.

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