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To: Lane3 who wrote (172175)	7/3/2006 2:46:43 PM
From: Constant Reader	Read Replies (2) of 793961

Oops! How could I forget Richard M. Nixon's 1972 landslide victory with the largest percentage of popular vote in American history (60.4%)? Sorry about that! I realized I left him off while driving off to an appointment. Truth be known, as I understand it, anything over a 5-point spread has historically been considered a solid win, particularly if the electoral college total is at least equally large. (Thus, to use a recent example, Bill Clinton's unimpressive 49% re-election total against "None of the Above" (also known as "Bob Dole") becomes impressive when the 8-point margin and overwhelming electoral college total are considered.) Not that you really care a whole lot about this, but I'd thought I'd try to set the record straight about what I meant before I rushed elsewhere.

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