Can America’s ‘Iron Lady’ really win the presidential race?


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He refers to candidate George McGovern who in 1972 came from single digits in the polls to win the Democratic presidential nomination. He also notes Trump came out of nowhere to win his party’s nomination and the presidency in 2016. “But, you know, to do that you have to have something special going for you. McGovern had the burning issue of the Vietnam War and a tremendous young-people political organisation. Trump, too, was a unique candidate who expressed extreme views that no other candidate was willing to express but resonated with a very conservative Republican primary electorate. Nikki Haley doesn’t...