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lees1975

(6,070 posts)
9. Belittling?
Mon Aug 12, 2024, 08:50 AM
Aug 2024

The title of the article referenced by the post is "A Welcome and Unexpected Turn of Events Tells the Tale of a Much Different Election." The post is a quote from the original.

In the article, it is stated that there isn't an expectation of a Johnson-Goldwater size election, which was the last Democratic party "landslide" in terms of election results, but compares it to Obama's win over John McCain in 2008, the best we've done since. Obama won by six points in the popular vote, but carried states Democrats had not won since 1964--Indiana, Virginia and Nebraska district 2, and since 1976--North Carolina. With 365 electoral votes, that was an electoral college landslide for Obama. Comparing this one favorably to that one is not belittling it.

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