FiveThirtyEight
Matt Grossmann

The 2008 and 2016 acceptance speeches felt like the potential beginnings of new eras in American politics. But this feels much more like the end of a tumultuous era than a beginning. Even 1992, the last defeat of an incumbent president, felt like a potential era of change because of a new generation of leadership. But this is much more of a return to the old style, and it’s even being sold that way.


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