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« Reply #25 on: May 27, 2017, 08:22:17 PM »

Theodore White noted the "deadly uniformity of returns in every region" of both those landslides; the same was true in '84.
That’s not true of 1936: Landon held the rural Northeast very firmly, and also held Unionist parts of Appalachia and the Ozarks sufficiently that he exceeded his national vote share in Missouri, Kentucky and West Virginia (1936 was the last time West Virginia voted more Republican than the nation until 1972).

1984 was quite uniform across all regions – which is why Reagan was able to get close to a fifty-state sweep with a margin seven percentage points less than Harding in 1920. However, at the local level Mondale did hold the loyal majority-minority and then heavily unionized counties well – he only won his home state on majorities in St. Louis, Carlton and Lake Counties than were more than 20 percentage points above what McGovern managed. Moreover, as I have noted Nixon got up to 20 percent more than Reagan could in the South Texas Democratic bastion – in Jim Hogg County Nixon got 47 percent and Reagan less than 30 percent.

However, the combination of large-scale destruction of former party bastions, a huge popular vote victory, and massive coattails makes 1920 far more impressive than 1984. Tennessee not only voted for Harding, but even elected a Republican Governor in Alfred A. Taylor – the last Republican Governor of any former Confederate state until after 1965. In contrast, as was normal during the dealignment era from 1950 to 1980, Reagan’s coattails were minimal, with a net gain of one Governor and farm-crisis-induced losses in North Dakota and Washington.
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« Reply #26 on: August 24, 2018, 05:06:13 PM »

I had time to kill at work.  I looked up some numbers on this

Number of states over 60%
Nixon-32
Reagan-30
FDR-28
LBJ-26
Harding-22

EV's if they were awarded proportionally
FDR-342.9
Nixon-330.5
LBJ-320.1
Reagan-317.6
Harding-294.8
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« Reply #27 on: August 24, 2018, 06:46:53 PM »

What about Reagan in 1984 he was just 3000 votes away from sweeping all 50 states

That is one way to measure it....Nixon lost Massachusetts by a wide  margin, whereas the rest all lost more than one state (even if you want to say Roosevelt only lost two, he lost them both badly).

Also Reagan is the only one to win a majority of CD's in every state.
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« Reply #28 on: August 25, 2018, 06:55:06 AM »

Reagan didn't break 60% though.  If he had managed the 50 sate sweep that would have been a unique achievement but he only equaled Nixon and his popular vote is only he third best by the GOP.
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« Reply #29 on: August 29, 2018, 11:37:35 PM »

1936, followed by 1964, 1972, 1984 and 1920
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« Reply #30 on: September 03, 2018, 10:17:59 AM »

1932 saw massive gains with Dems not only winning the Presidency but also strengthening their Congressional majority
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« Reply #31 on: February 13, 2019, 01:31:50 AM »

FDR 1936. Whilst Harding and Coolidge had slightly higher margins of victory, the Democratic party still had a considerable base of support in the Solid South which allowed them to still carry over 100 EV's in both cases. In 1936 on the other hand it was a complete blowout both popularly and electorally.
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« Reply #32 on: February 17, 2019, 10:09:47 PM »

1932 saw massive gains with Dems not only winning the Presidency but also strengthening their Congressional majority
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« Reply #33 on: February 22, 2019, 12:38:08 AM »

Democrat voters: 71 (55%) (50 Roosevelt, 21 Johnson)
Republican voters: 58 (45%) (15 Harding, 15 Nixon, 28 Reagan)
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