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{{Outdated}}<!-- Tag added a few days early, so that somebody can figure out the line of succession for the US government before Mr. Trump is sworn in. Don't actually update the Real Life section until this happens, please. -->

A character is way down in the line of succession for some political office, to the point where it's reasonable to assume that they're never going to actually take it. Then everyone ahead of them dies or is otherwise disqualified.
A character is way down in the line of succession for some political office, to the point where it's reasonable to assume that they're never going to actually take it. Then everyone ahead of them dies or is otherwise disqualified.