[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald

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/

IDK, convicted of 34 felonies a few months before the election, tried to overthrow the government in a deadly riot last time, multiple assassination attempts, eating cats and dogs.

Things like these would have been disqualifiers in the past