DS0816
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« on: September 28, 2022, 01:24:23 PM » |
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2008 Democratic presidential pickup winner Barack Obama had the easiest path to the presidency of the United States since 1980 Republican presidential pickup winner Ronald Reagan.
Reagan began with the mathematical 241 electoral votes carried by unseated 1976 Republican incumbent U.S. president Gerald Ford.
241 is 89.25 percent of the 270 electoral votes required for election or re-election.
Obama began with the mathematical 252 electoral votes carried by losing 2004 Democratic nominee John Kerry.
252 is 93.33 percent of the 270 electoral votes required for election or re-election to the presidency of the United States.
It is not surprising, given this topic’s specific time period, that the battleground electoral map for 2008 already showed 270 electoral votes being reached.
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