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HenryWallaceVP
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« on: May 21, 2017, 03:29:27 PM »
Bush won New Jersey in 1988 by 13.6%. Even though New Jersey was a Republican leaning state at the time, this performance by Bush was much better than the performance of other Republicans in New Jersey who had won the state in a non landslide election. In 1968, Nixon won New Jersey by just 2.1%. And in 1976, Ford carried the state by only 2.2%. Also, in 1992 New Jersey swung Democratic by 16%.
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« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2017, 03:46:13 PM »
Quote from: Old School Republican on May 21, 2017, 03:38:39 PM
Cause 1988 was an landslide victory for bush
The popular vote was not a landslide.
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« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2018, 11:26:46 PM »
I was also surprised to see how close Massachusetts was in this election. Why did Dukakis, the incumbent Governor of Massachusetts, only win his home state by about 8%?
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