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Title: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: A18 on December 12, 2004, 02:09:39 PM What do you consider a landslide?
Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: George W. Bush on December 12, 2004, 02:38:37 PM Over 400 EV's.
Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: skybridge on December 12, 2004, 07:34:53 PM Over 400 EV's. By that standard 1912 would have been a landslide. Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: George W. Bush on December 12, 2004, 08:00:30 PM Over 400 EV's. By that standard 1912 would have been a landslide. yea.......... 81% of the EV's and 15% more popular vote than the 2nd place person. Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: Alcon on December 12, 2004, 08:39:46 PM PV: 10% or more than the other person with third parties not included and the candidates expanded to reach 100%.
EV: 400+ Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: A18 on December 12, 2004, 10:01:07 PM PV: around 60%
EV: around 93%, 500+ EVs today Landslides: 1936 1972 1984 Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: Erc on December 12, 2004, 11:19:15 PM PV: 10% or more than the other person with third parties not included and the candidates expanded to reach 100%. EV: 400+ By that standard: 1940: Roosevelt: 27,313,945 Wilkie: 22,347,744 Total: 49,661,689 FDR's percentage: 55.0000323% Wilkie's percentage: 44.9999677% Shift 17 votes to Wilkie, and it's no longer a landslide. Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: A18 on December 12, 2004, 11:22:45 PM Most people don't consider 1940 a landslide.
Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: minionofmidas on December 13, 2004, 02:07:43 AM Why do I even keep answering these things?
And, Philip, nice try finding some definition that doesn't include the largest landslide of the century because you don't like it. Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: Beet on December 15, 2004, 06:41:13 AM The following were landslides:
1904 1908 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1952 1956 1965 1972 1980 1984 1988 Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: dca5347 on December 15, 2004, 09:43:53 AM Greater than 57% of the pop. vote & more than 40 states
1932 1936 1964 1972 1984 Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: DaleC76 on December 15, 2004, 09:52:01 AM To the people who think 1964 was the last landslide:
Why not 1972 or 1984? Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: dca5347 on December 15, 2004, 09:53:35 AM Most people don't consider 1940 a landslide. I certainly don't :) Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: I spent the winter writing songs about getting better on December 16, 2004, 01:29:25 AM 1904
1920 1928 1932 1936 1956 1964 1972 1984 Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: Schmitz in 1972 on December 16, 2004, 07:32:46 PM 1789
1792 1804 1816 1820 1828 1864 1872 1904 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1956 1964 1972 1984 Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: True Democrat on December 16, 2004, 07:59:32 PM 1789 1792 1804 1816 1820 1828 1864 1872 1904 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1956 1964 1972 1984 I don't think 1864 was a landslide in the popular vote. Lincoln barely won by 10 points. Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: A18 on December 16, 2004, 08:02:21 PM Also, can you really call a non- popular vote election a landslide?
Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: Silent Hunter on December 17, 2004, 04:43:17 AM My definition of 'landslide'
US 400+EV, 55%+ PV UK Majority of over 100. Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: Beet on December 17, 2004, 04:03:59 PM My definition of 'landslide' US 400+EV, 55%+ PV UK Majority of over 100. My definition is US 400+EV, 50%+ PV UK Majority of over 100. That is if you consider Reagan's 1980 win a landslide, which many do. Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: A18 on December 17, 2004, 04:17:36 PM You could win every state plus DC with 50.00001% of the vote, and I wouldn't consider it a landslide.
Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: Beet on December 17, 2004, 04:25:16 PM You could win every state plus DC with 50.00001% of the vote, and I wouldn't consider it a landslide. What if the day before the election it was a five-way race with each candidate polling about 20%, and the pundits unsure who will win, expecting there to be a compromise between the top 2 or 3 finishers. And then on election day you win 50.00001%, win every state plus DC, and the other 4 candidates take about 12% each? Would you consider it a landslide then? Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: A18 on December 17, 2004, 04:33:04 PM No, because I think of a landslide as having the support of a large majority of people. If you think of it is a large margin, then it would be.
Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: PBrunsel on December 18, 2004, 01:53:13 PM The greatest ladnslide of all was 1928 because it was a Herbert Hoover ladnslide (in his favor). :)
Title: Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? Post by: skybridge on December 22, 2004, 05:23:56 PM 1936, 1964, 1972, 1984
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