Comparing Biden to any pre-1960 Democratic nominee isn't really fair. Seeing as they were basically guaranteed to win the entirety of the south.
Even 1976 seems so different now. Ford almost won the election (by that, I mean he lost by less than recent Republicans who won more land area) despite winning noticeably fewer counties than Carter.
It's astonishing that 1976, which was such a close election, is also the last election in which the Democratic candidate won a majority of the nation's counties.
And the last election where the winning candidate won a minority of the 50 states.
(If Biden wins GA he will be at exactly 25).
