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Originally Posted by dino7c
Presidential elections weren't like this until a certain somebody started running in them
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This is not accurate. Historically, presidential elections used to get quite heated, and the name calling was extreme. The problem today is the immediacy and repetition of the name calling presented in the media which makes it seem more substantial and intense.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/...1111/psq.12619
Or for those who need the immediacy of media reports...
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2016/...-name-calling/
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2012/...s-mudslinging/