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ChrisJG777
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« on: July 20, 2009, 05:05:29 PM »
ChrisJG777's scale of US Presidential election landslidedness:

Popular Vote: 55-60% as lower limit, depending on percentage of votes received by best performing opponent.

Electoral Vote:
<=269 : You lose
270 : Minimum needed for victory
271-310 : Close victory
311-354 : Reasonable victory
355-399 : Basic Landslide Territory
400+ : Lopsided Victory
538 : Fraudulent

Tongue
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ChrisJG777
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E: -5.42, S: -8.00
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2009, 04:52:57 PM »
Quote from: Antonio V on July 20, 2009, 06:44:52 PM

Obviosly, since the only way for GOP to win DC and Vermont, and for dems to win Oklahoma and Utah is to trick.

And to think Vermont used to be quite the Republican stronghold.  What did go wrong?  Tongue
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