[lbo-talk] Purists' Glee

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Nov 4 10:25:33 PST 2004


Michael Pollak wrote:


>That's true. But 51% of the popular vote is more than any candidate
>has gotten since 1988 (thanks to third party candidates).
>
>Bush is the first candidate who's actually gotten a majority of the
>electorate since ... his Dad.

But here are some real landslides:

FDR, 1932 57% FDR, 1936 61% Ike, 1956 57% LBJ, 1964 61% RMN, 1972 61% RWR, 1984 59%

Doug



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