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Why do Washington outsiders become President?
16th November 2015
One trend dominates the statistics when analysing Presidential trends over the last 60 years - usually, the Washington outsiders, rather than the insiders, tend to win the Presidential election. This fact seems far more important than other characteristics such as race, age, region or ideology.
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Ruth Tarrant
Ruth has been an enthusiastic Head of Economics and Politics for many years, having taught in a variety of schools and at university level. She is also a Senior Examiner. Ruth is passionate about boosting the quality of teaching and learning across all subjects in schools and colleges.
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