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I believe you have your dates mixed up. Super Tuesday was in 2020, not 2021.

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Canada should respond to the imposition of tariffs with a Gas and Oil embargo. The US is dependent on Canadian gas and oil for our cars because all that oil we're producing is sold internationally. Let's introduce the Gen-X and Y and Z MAGAts to the world of November 1973 and see how supportive they are of Un-President Beauregard J. Blather.

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Sorry - the US began shutting down for Covivd in March, 2020. By Dec. 2020, if the Republicans thought things were getting worse, it was probably about the presidential election in Nov. 2020, not the economy.

Covid vaccines began to be widely available in early 2021.

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Your article says: "he U.S. did not begin shutting down for COVID until after Super Tuesday in early February 2021." Actually we pretty much shut down in Mar 2020 for Covid.

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Thank you for this. I used to be of the opinion that everyone should vote, perhaps even make it mandatory. Then I was working with a young woman who was newly of voting age but inclined not to vote until I convinced her it was her duty now that she was an adult. She chose who to vote for because she liked his hair. That might make an interesting study.

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This is the only reason to have polls: to tell is what HAS happened (past tense), not to try and 'crystal ball' what WILL happen. This is why I pay for your analysis, Rachel. Keep goin', girlfriend! We need you now more than ever!

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I would guess that if you graphed the Democratic response to the first trump term it would be similar to the republican during biden though covid may have had a part to play. I wonder if the two responses during covid would be more similar. Very interesting

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