What elections in America's history do you consider landslides? (user search)

Beet
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Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides?

« 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

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Beet
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Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides?

« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2004, 04:03:59 PM »

Quote from: Silent Hunter on December 17, 2004, 04:43:17 AM

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.

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Re: What elections in America's history do you consider landslides?

« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2004, 04:25:16 PM »

Quote from: Philip 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.

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?

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