Was 1964 a landslide?

[J-Mann]

Of course it was a landslide.  Reagan lost six states and didn't win 500 electoral votes in 1980 (nor did he get over 60% of the popular vote), but his victory over Carter was most certainly a landslide.  There isn't a certain electoral count that you have to reach to make it a landslide.  Clinton won in landslides both times, and he didn't even get over 50%.  A landslide is more dependent on how the electorate responds to a candidate.

1964 was a landslide.  Anyone who claims it wasn't is either A) being a partisan dick, or B) blind.

[J-Mann]

Sorry Phil, there weren't that many Presidential electors in the 18th century!

I'm saying he got the fraction 500/538 of the electors.

I don't think you understand the balloting system.  Washington got 100% of the electoral votes that he possibly could have, considering that New York/Vermont and part of Virginia didn't vote.

[J-Mann]

I say No. Johnson lost 6 states, several by sizeable margins, and didn't get 500 EVs.

YOU SAY THAT 1964 WAS NOT A LANDSLIDE

Arizona, went Republican from every presidential election from 1948-1996.

I think this is correct. It was, afterall, one of the few GOP strongholds to withstand the Johnson landslide.

YOU SAY THAT 1964 WAS A LANDSLIDE

LOL - good eye, Red.

[J-Mann]

The comparison between the two isn't important. I'm just wondering, now that we're talking early poll numbers, how well Bush was doing. Some polls have him demolishing Howard Dean.

Can you give a link to the Gallup Archive?

Check out www.pollingreport.com .  They should have archives of Gallup and several other polls as well.