Between 1960 and 1980, no President completed two full terms in office.:
John F. Kennedy was assassinated in his first term.
Lyndon Johnson win in 1964, but declined to run in 1968.
Nixon won 2 terms, but resigned 2 years into the second term.
Carter lost re-election
To continue that trend to 2000 isn't impossible:
Reagan dies in 1987.
Bush fills out that term, gets elected in 88, but loses in 1992 --To Democrat Paul Tsongas.
Tsongas declines to run in 1996 because of the re-occurrence of his cancer and dies as OTL on Jan 18, 1997.
His VP, William Jefferson Clinton, runs and wins in 1996 (taking over as president in the last weeks of December 1996/early January 1997, as Tsongas declines.
He is forced to resign in 1999 after a sex scandal..
After 40 years with no completed second term, do politicians still try?
John F. Kennedy was assassinated in his first term.
Lyndon Johnson win in 1964, but declined to run in 1968.
Nixon won 2 terms, but resigned 2 years into the second term.
Carter lost re-election
To continue that trend to 2000 isn't impossible:
Reagan dies in 1987.
Bush fills out that term, gets elected in 88, but loses in 1992 --To Democrat Paul Tsongas.
Tsongas declines to run in 1996 because of the re-occurrence of his cancer and dies as OTL on Jan 18, 1997.
His VP, William Jefferson Clinton, runs and wins in 1996 (taking over as president in the last weeks of December 1996/early January 1997, as Tsongas declines.
He is forced to resign in 1999 after a sex scandal..
After 40 years with no completed second term, do politicians still try?