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A18
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« on: May 22, 2005, 02:03:26 PM »
It gave him 60% of the vote.
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A18
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« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2005, 09:30:44 AM »
Quote from: thefactor on May 22, 2005, 11:42:20 PM
Its ironic that 1920 was the biggest landslide of the 20th century yet produced the worst president of the century.

Going by popular vote, 1936, 1964, and 1972 were larger.

Going by electoral vote, even 1988 was bigger.
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A18
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« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2005, 09:19:43 PM »
Margin of victory isn't really a good indicator. That would make 1912 a landslide.
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A18
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« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2005, 03:53:21 AM »
Quote from: R.P. McLewis Trondheim on May 24, 2005, 03:25:47 AM
Quote from: A18 on May 23, 2005, 09:19:43 PM
Margin of victory isn't really a good indicator. That would make 1912 a landslide.
...and so would the EC...well landslidish anyways.
Of course an easy win with well over 50% of the vote over a rather evenly divided opposition is a landslide. (Not referring to Wilson - he only got 40%)


The point is margin of victory is a bad measure. EC measures how spread out your support is more than anything else...you could win every state plus DC with 20% of the vote. Unless you're a Republican, in which case getting 20% of the vote is out of the question in DC.
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