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In 1988, Baptist minister and civil rights activist Jesse Jackson got second place in the Democratic presidential primaries with nearly 30% of the vote. Meanwhile, Baptist minister and conservative Christian activist Pat Robertson got a less respectable third place in the Republican primaries with only 9% of the vote. But what if they somehow each won their respective nominations? Both Jackson and Robertson were controversial figures on the far sides of the political spectrum. What would the campaign be like and who would probably win? Would there be a surging third-party or independent candidate?
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