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My fear is that this will end up being a very conventional election after all, electorally speaking. Hillary is a Romney, but a Romney with the electoral college firewall that comes built-in for democrats wins handily.

Then again, Trump might win in a landslide. The polls so scattered and the circumstances so unusual that there's no way of judging what will happen until election night. And the waiting is the hardest part, as Tom Petty said (or was it Bon Jovi?).

Note "spread" since X42 Bill Clinton - close for them - blowouts in our losses:

Electoral College Results (1980-2012)

1980 - Reagan/Carter ( 489 / 49 ) ( 40,830,763 / 37,577,185 ) Winner: Reagan ;-)

1984 - Reagan/Mondale ( 525 / 13 ) ( 54,455,075 / 37,577,185 ) Winner: Reagan ;-)

1988 - Bush/Dukakis ( 426 / 111 ) ( 48,886,097 / 41,809,074 ) Winner: Bush

1992 - Clinton/Bush ( 370 / 168 ) ( 44,908,254 / 39,102,343 ) Winner: Clinton

1996 - Clinton/Dole ( 379 / 159 ) ( 45,590,703 / 37,816,307 ) Winner: Clinton

2000 - W Bush/Gore ( 271 / 266 ) ( 50,456,062 / 50,996,582 ) Winner: Dubya ;-)

2004 - W Bush/Kerry ( 286 / 251 ) ( 60,693,281 / 57,355,978 ) Winner: Dubya

2008 - Obama/McCain ( 365 / 173 ) ( 69,297,997 / 59,597,520 ) Winner: Obama

2012 - Obama/Romney ( 332 / 206 ) ( 65,444,241 / 60,587,978 ) Winner: Obama

Year - Winner /Loser (EC Votes - 270 = win) (popular vote) Outcome