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Trump’s path to victory looks a lot like Andrew Jackson’s in 1828. A politics scholar explains why

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Richard Nixon was reelected by an Electoral College landslide in 1972 in the midst of the Watergate scandal.

Richard Nixon's second term ended in 1974 after a congressional investigation and federal prosecutors’ inquiries.

Spencer Goidel : Trump has survived by consciously or not following the example of another American president who created a political party in his own image and used it to rule almost unchecked.

Spencer Goidel : Donald Trump is positioned to further reshape the American political system.

He says Trump 's return to office signals an end to yearslong investigations into his past actions.

But there are limits to what Trump can achieve, even with his strengthened position, Goidel says.

Trump has said he wants to substantially remake the federal bureaucracy.

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