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To: Constant Reader who wrote (172195)	7/3/2006 4:36:36 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793958

anything over a 5-point spread has historically been considered a solid win That works for me. I just don't like calling even five points a "landslide." A landslide is an overwhelming event. I hate to see good words ruined. IMO you start getting into landslide territory with no less than two thirds of the vote, preferably more than three quarters. 80-20, now that's a landslide. Five percent is just a comfortable win.

To: Constant Reader who wrote (172195)	7/5/2006 5:00:46 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793958

Oops! How could I forget Richard M. Nixon's 1972 landslide victory with the largest percentage of popular vote in American history (60.4%)? Johnson got 61.1% just two elections before that. en.wikipedia.org FDR got 60.8% en.wikipedia.org Monroe got 80.6% en.wikipedia.org Washington officially got 100% but the numbers were low and "Popular vote figures are suspect because (1) only 6 of the 10 states casting electoral votes chose electors by any form of popular vote, (2) pre-Twelfth Amendment electoral vote rules obscure the intentions of the voters, and (3) those states that did choose electors by popular vote often restricted the vote via property requirements." en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org Other presidents also received more than 60.4% of the vote, although it is true that 60% has historically been considered a landslide in the US and it does result in a landslide of the electoral votes. Maybe you meant biggest vote margin in terms of number of votes. Nixon won by about 18 million votes. Which might be the biggest margin. Reagan in 1984 won by close to 16.9 million votes, Johnson won by less than 16 million, FDR by a bit over 11 million in 1936. For comparison Bush won in the last election by about three million votes.