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Nichlemn
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	Re: When (if ever) will we see another election like (for example) 1976? « on: August 10, 2011, 09:45:13 AM »
	« edited: August 10, 2011, 09:56:08 AM by Nichlemn »

I think the main reason for the small margins in 1960/1976 was that it was in the middle of a regional realignment. Elections used to be far more polarised in the Solid South days (check out 1920, the winning margin was under 10% in only three states), then as the South went Republican it "crossed over" into "swing" territory.

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Nichlemn
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Re: When (if ever) will we see another election like (for example) 1976?

« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2011, 09:55:57 PM »

Quote from: never met a fence I didn't want to burrow under on August 27, 2011, 12:06:51 PM

Quote from: Nichlemn on August 10, 2011, 09:45:13 AM

I think the main reason for the small margins in 1960/1976 was that it was in the middle of a regional realignment.

It could happen again, of course.

Indeed, I wasn't claiming it couldn't. My point was that 1976 was the aberration, not today.

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