Ivana Hughes

So are we, for example, one way you can think about it is,

at the beginning versus at the end of a presidency, right, is the doomsday clock further or closer to midnight?

And I did this little analysis.

Since 1947, we've had 14 presidents.

Interestingly, seven Republicans and seven Democrats.

And very interestingly, only under five presidents has the clock actually moved away from midnight.

And those five were four Republicans, Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan, and Bush Sr.

And only one Democrat, you can probably guess, John F. Kennedy.

And so under Republican administrations, there has been a move, a cumulative move away from midnight of something like 19 minutes and 10 seconds or so.

Over time, the farthest we've ever been from midnight was in 1991.

It was 17 minutes to midnight.

So we've really done a lot of damage since.

And Democrats have actually brought the clock closer

closer to midnight by... Actually, I got those numbers.

Democrats, 19 minutes and 10 seconds.

Staggering 19 minutes and 10 seconds towards midnight.

And Republicans, 13 minutes and 39 seconds away from midnight.

So on the whole, the Republicans have been much better than Democrats.

And I think we have to... I think...

For this country, first and foremost, the general public needs to be aware of what's at stake and needs to hold its leaders responsible.