Greatest Landslides by Top 2 Contenders

[A18]

All elections since 1896, from largest to smallest margin:

1924  Coolidge 65.22%
1920  Harding 63.85%
1936  Roosevelt 62.46%
1972  Nixon 61.79%
1964  Johnson 61.34%
1912  Wilson 60.43%
1904  Roosevelt 60.01%
1984  Reagan 59.17%
1932  Roosevelt 59.15%
1928  Hoover 58.80%
1956  Eisenhower 57.75%
1952  Eisenhower 55.45%
1980  Reagan 55.31%
1940  Roosevelt 55.00%
1996  Clinton 54.74%
1908  Taft 54.51%
1992  Clinton 54.45%
1988  Bush 53.90%
1944  Roosevelt 53.77%
1900  McKinley 53.15%
1948  Truman 52.37%
1896  McKinley 52.22%
1916  Wilson 51.64%
2004  Bush 51.24%
1976  Carter 51.05%
1968  Nixon 50.41%
1960  Kennedy 50.08%
2000  Bush 49.73%

[skybridge]

How did you come up with those numbers?

[A18]

Derived the percentages using only the votes of the top two contenders.

[Ben Meyers]

That's interesting, A18.  Thanks for posting that.

[© tweed]

Gore had more of a landslide than Bush even though he lost. 

Same with Samuel Tilden.

[A18]

I was not saying each of these elections was a 'landslide.'