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America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS
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« on: February 03, 2018, 08:11:50 PM »
Quote from: AMB1996 on February 03, 2018, 07:52:09 PM
Quote from: SWE on September 11, 2017, 08:22:55 PM
Quote from: MIKESOWELL on September 11, 2017, 10:04:33 AM
Great list. I would downgrade 1916 from close election to nail biter. A 277-254 Electoral College win is quite a squeaker, and less than four thousand votes saved Wilson in California from defeat. I also disagree with 1824, 1836, 1856, and 1860 as being landslides.
 
OP wasn't making subjective judgement calls, he was categorizing these elections into clearly defined objective categories based on popular vote. The only way to disagree with these categories is to be wrong.

OP was wrong in the method of categorization, which should be done by popular vote margin in the tipping point state. 1916 is (I believe) the second-closest election ever by that more reasonable metric.


But then what would we do in cases like 2008 where the tipping point state changes depending on how a 269/269 tie is interpreted.
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America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2018, 05:13:49 PM »
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America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS
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Junior Chimp
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E: -8.88, S: -8.51

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« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2018, 07:03:59 AM »
Quote from: Fuzzy Bear on August 13, 2018, 07:53:48 PM
Quote from: Peanut on February 03, 2018, 10:04:13 PM
1860 wasn't a landslide in my opinion, a majority didn't vote for Lincoln, and taking into account only Lincoln and Douglas the margin was just over 10%. Nice list though.
Also, if everyone who did not vote for Lincoln all voted for the same other candidate, he would have lost the popular vote by over 20%, but he would have still won the electoral college.
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