Can their ever be another 50 state sweep and how would a person achieve the goal
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« Reply #25 on: January 30, 2016, 04:48:36 PM »

I seriously doubt it in today's global connected society. The nation-state in general is becoming less important; and there is no reason for a liberal voter in VT to care what some rural voter in WV thinks.
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« Reply #26 on: February 08, 2016, 10:19:41 AM »

Nowadays the states are too locked and set in their ways compared to a generation ago.  No I don't see it happening.  First of all, Republicans would have to lose even Utah and Wyoming.  Even back in the 70's and 80's this wasn't possible for a Republican to lose so badly.  Democrats too would have to lose Vermont.  I'm assuming we're still giving them D.C. which isn't being included in this sweep.

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« Reply #27 on: February 08, 2016, 12:34:36 PM »

If there were some sort of major event just prior to the election that swung things towards (or against) the incumbent. For example, President Bush had a 90 percent approval rating after the 9/11 terror attacks, and thus almost certainly would have won all 50 states if the attacks had happened right before the 2004 election instead of when they did.

Or conversely, President Nixon's approval rating dipped to below 20 percent right before his resignation and thus he almost certainly would have lost all 50 states if the full degree of revelations had come out immediately before the 1972 election as opposed to in 1974.
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« Reply #28 on: February 09, 2016, 02:13:08 PM »

If there were some sort of major event just prior to the election that swung things towards (or against) the incumbent. For example, President Bush had a 90 percent approval rating after the 9/11 terror attacks, and thus almost certainly would have won all 50 states if the attacks had happened right before the 2004 election instead of when they did.

Or conversely, President Nixon's approval rating dipped to below 20 percent right before his resignation and thus he almost certainly would have lost all 50 states if the full degree of revelations had come out immediately before the 1972 election as opposed to in 1974.
This. Even so I think Bush would have lost VT and Nixon would have won MS and a handful of rocky mountain states. Have we ever had a 50-state sweep?
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« Reply #29 on: February 09, 2016, 03:59:16 PM »

Can we say that 1956 had a conservative 50 state sweep, since Eisenhower and Stevenson had the most conservative votes of the states they won?
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« Reply #30 on: February 10, 2016, 03:46:53 PM »

Can we say that 1956 had a conservative 50 state sweep, since Eisenhower and Stevenson had the most conservative votes of the states they won?
Interesting question! I wonder if the GOP in TN was really more conservative than the Dems, with the reverse being true in MO.
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« Reply #31 on: February 10, 2016, 04:09:15 PM »

If there were some sort of major event just prior to the election that swung things towards (or against) the incumbent. For example, President Bush had a 90 percent approval rating after the 9/11 terror attacks, and thus almost certainly would have won all 50 states if the attacks had happened right before the 2004 election instead of when they did.

Or conversely, President Nixon's approval rating dipped to below 20 percent right before his resignation and thus he almost certainly would have lost all 50 states if the full degree of revelations had come out immediately before the 1972 election as opposed to in 1974.
This. Even so I think Bush would have lost VT and Nixon would have won MS and a handful of rocky mountain states. Have we ever had a 50-state sweep?

Never, though Reagan came very close in 1984, narrowly losing Minnesota. Nixon in 1972 also won 49 states but Massachusetts wasn't particularly close.
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