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2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: Obama (D-IL) vs. McCain (R-AZ)

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by GuerillaBlack, Jun 3, 2008.

  1. GuerillaBlack

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    Saw this comic today and thought it was hilarious...

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    What's the biggest landslide victory in a Presidential race?
     
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    I know Reagan beat Mondale 525-13. Mondale won Minnesota (his home state) and DC. Reagan won everything else and torched him by nearly 20% (17 million) in the popular vote.
     
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    FDR beat Alf Landon 523-8 and 60.8-36.5 in the popular vote in 1936. Landon only won Vermont and Maine.
     
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    FDR got more electoral college voters, but LBJ achieved the highest percentage of the popular vote, 61.1% (to Goldwater's 38.5%), in 1964.
     
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    If Sarah Palin wins the 2012 nomination...
     
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    FDR's margin, in percentage points, was still larger.
     
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    The last candidate to be down this much, this late in the election, was Bob Dole in 1996. We know how that turned out.

    Obama: 375
    McCain: 157
    Ties: 6


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    Come on Georgia!

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    Obama 375 McCain 157 Ties 6
     

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