Worst electoral results for each party ever?

[OSR stands with Israel]

The ONLY way you can argue that Reagan had a bigger landslide than Nixon is the fact that he had a higher electoral percentage. But that is somewhat deceptive. Mondale not only had a higher PV percent, and not only a lower margin of defeat, but he won several congressional districts and counties McGovern didn't. Mondale also had numerous states that he was close to winning, with Massachusetts and Rhode Island both being by less than five percent. McGovern didnt lose any state by less than five percent, and only four by less than ten, while Mondale won something like seven or eight by less than ten and another several by less than fifteen. Not to mention that some of Mondale's closest defeats were from high electoral vote states, such as PA and NY. McGovern dominated in Massachusetts, but Nixon torpedoed him everywhere else. Mondale barely won Minnesota, but Reagan eeked out in several places. That is why I always talk about why Reagan's victories, while decisive, are heavily over-rated on both cases

Yeah. It seems crazy but Barack Obama in 2012 took a higher share of the vote than Ronald Reagan in 1980.

That argument doesnt though really make much sense as most polls of Anderson voters had at most 60% of them voting Carter and many even less so Reagan still wins by around 8 points if you take out Anderson .

But they voted Anderson, not Reagan or Carter.
Why should we take out Anderson? I was just making a consideration.

Well it makes no sense to say Obama 2012 was a larger PV win than Reagan. If you are going on PV you have to go by margin imo

I did not mean to say that Obama's win was bigger. I just pointed out that he took a larger percentage of the vote than Reagan, which is undeniable fact. You may believe it is not a relevant fact, and that is fine.

Guys all I meant was pointing out that despite the electoral votes of his victories create a seemingly blowout victory on both cases, when you look at how razor thin his margins in several states were (especially in 80) its ludicrous to say either of his victories were bigger than some if the true decimations we have seen, such as 72

1980 was more comparable to 1952 than 64,72,84

[mianfei]

Democrats have a long list of truly terrible elections to choose from. 1872 was an embarrassing failure to combine with disaffected Republicans. 1894 basically wiped the party out outside of the South. 1920 was one of the biggest repudiations ever for one party. 1924 and 1928 were also huge blowouts. 1904, 1952, 1956, 1972, and 1984 all saw Republican landslides. I'd probably go with 1920 due to Harding's record-setting margin in the popular vote and huge Republican gains in Congress, but the 1894 elections are also high up on my list.

1872 and 1894 are extremely overlooked, but given the losses down-ballot they definitely compare with 1904 and 1984, if not with 1920 or 1972.

[Redban]

Don't know about the historical results. But just in my lifetime, I think 2008 was the worst year for Republicans. They lost the presidency by a big margin, they lost the Senate and House; the incumbent Republican President had 20% approval ratings etc

[MATTROSE94]

Democrats: 1840, 1846, 1854, 1856, 1864, 1872, 1894, 1904, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1938, 1942, 1946, 1966, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1994, 2010, 2016, and 2018 when you factor in Senate results.

Republicans: 1874, 1882, 1890, 1910, 1922, 1930, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1958, 1964, 1974, 1982, 2006, 2008, 2018 (when you factor in House of Representatives and Gubernatorial results), and 2020 when you factor in the likely Presidential and Senate results.

[Turbo Flame]

1936: Republican
1984: Democrat

[Ancestral Republican]

Yeah 1920 for the Ds and 1936 and 2020 for the Rs

I know you were probably joking, but they will probably get around 200 EVs this year, and it's  up in the air whether they keep the Senate.

[SevenEleven]

Yeah 1920 for the Ds and 1936 and 2020 for the Rs

I know you were probably joking, but they will probably get around 200 EVs this year, and it's  up in the air whether they keep the Senate.

They'll be lucky to scrape together 200 EVs and there's no chance of them holding the Senate.