To: napscoordinator
Actually, my comment was quite brilliant. The fact is that an electoral landslide is what DOES happen when you have this kind of approval number. Look at the historical numbers when the loser got 43% of the vote.
36 posted on
06/21/2012 11:28:50 AM PDT by
LS
("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually (Hendrix))
To: LS; napscoordinator
Originally posted by:
LS "Look at the historical numbers when the loser got 43% of the vote."
Alway glad to provide some data. Here are the Presidential elections sorted (in acending order) by the "Popular Vote" percentage of the major party losing candidate.
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"Popular" Vote |
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Winning Percentage |
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Losing Percentage |
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Victory Margin |
Year |
Party |
Winner |
Electoral Vote |
"Popular" Vote |
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Electoral Vote |
"Popular" Vote |
Loser |
Party |
21.72% |
1860 |
Republican |
Lincoln |
59.40% |
39.82% |
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23.80% |
18.10% |
Breckenridge |
S.Democrat (D) |
14.44% |
1912 |
Democrat |
Wilson |
81.92% |
41.84% |
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16.57% |
27.40% |
Roosevelt(26) |
Progressive (R) |
25.22% |
1924 |
Republican |
Coolidge |
71.94% |
54.04% |
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25.61% |
28.82% |
Davis |
Democrat |
12.17% |
1856 |
Democrat |
Buchanan |
58.80% |
45.28% |
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38.50% |
33.11% |
Freemont |
Republican |
26.17% |
1920 |
Republican |
Harding |
76.08% |
60.32% |
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23.92% |
34.15% |
Cox |
Democrat |
24.25% |
1936 |
Democrat |
Roosevelt(32) |
98.49% |
60.80% |
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1.51% |
36.55% |
Landon |
Republican |
14.20% |
1836 |
Democrat |
Van Buren |
57.80% |
50.83% |
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24.80% |
36.63% |
Harrison(9) |
Whig |
16.81% |
1832 |
Democrat |
Jackson |
76.00% |
54.23% |
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17.00% |
37.42% |
Clay |
Nat-Reps |
5.56% |
1992 |
Democrat |
Clinton |
68.77% |
43.01% |
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31.23% |
37.45% |
Bush(41) |
Republican |
23.15% |
1972 |
Republican |
Nixon |
96.65% |
60.67% |
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3.16% |
37.52% |
McGovern |
Democrat |
18.83% |
1904 |
Republican |
Roosevelt(26) |
70.59% |
56.42% |
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29.41% |
37.59% |
Parker |
Democrat |
22.58% |
1964 |
Democrat |
Johnson(36) |
90.33% |
61.05% |
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9.67% |
38.47% |
Goldwater |
Republican |
17.76% |
1932 |
Democrat |
Roosevelt(32) |
88.89% |
57.41% |
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11.11% |
39.65% |
Hoover(31) |
Republican |
18.21% |
1984 |
Republican |
Reagan |
97.58% |
58.77% |
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2.42% |
40.56% |
Mondale |
Democrat |
8.51% |
1996 |
Democrat |
Clinton |
70.45% |
49.23% |
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29.55% |
40.72% |
Dole |
Republican |
17.41% |
1928 |
Republican |
Hoover |
83.62% |
58.21% |
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16.38% |
40.80% |
Smith |
Democrat |
9.74% |
1980 |
Republican |
Reagan |
90.89% |
50.75% |
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9.11% |
41.01% |
Carter(39) |
Democrat |
-10.43% |
1824 |
Dem-Reps |
Adams(6) |
32.20% |
30.92% |
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37.90% |
41.35% |
Jackson(7) |
Dem-Reps |
15.40% |
1956 |
Republican |
Eisenhower |
86.06% |
57.37% |
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13.75% |
41.97% |
Stevenson |
Democrat |
4.79% |
1848 |
Whig |
Taylor |
56.20% |
47.28% |
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43.80% |
42.49% |
Cass |
Democrat |
0.70% |
1968 |
Republican |
Nixon |
55.95% |
43.42% |
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35.50% |
42.72% |
Humphrey |
Democrat |
3.01% |
1892 |
Democrat |
Cleveland(24) |
62.39% |
46.02% |
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32.66% |
43.01% |
Harrison(23) |
Republican |
8.53% |
1908 |
Republican |
Taft |
66.46% |
51.57% |
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33.54% |
43.04% |
Bryan |
Democrat |
12.34% |
1828 |
Democrat |
Jackson |
68.20% |
55.97% |
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31.80% |
43.63% |
Adams(6) |
Nat-Reps |
11.80% |
1872 |
Republican |
Grant |
78.10% |
55.63% |
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18.00% |
43.83% |
Greeley |
Democrat |
6.97% |
1852 |
Democrat |
Pierce |
85.80% |
50.84% |
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14.20% |
43.87% |
Scott |
Whig |
10.85% |
1952 |
Republican |
Eisenhower |
83.24% |
55.18% |
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16.76% |
44.33% |
Stevenson |
Democrat |
9.96% |
1940 |
Democrat |
Roosevelt(32) |
84.56% |
54.74% |
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15.44% |
44.78% |
Willkie |
Republican |
10.06% |
1864 |
Republican |
Lincoln |
90.60% |
55.02% |
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9.00% |
44.96% |
McClellan |
Democrat |
4.48% |
1948 |
Democrat |
Truman |
57.06% |
49.55% |
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35.59% |
45.07% |
Dewey |
Republican |
6.12% |
1900 |
Republican |
McKinley |
65.32% |
51.64% |
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34.68% |
45.52% |
Bryan |
Democrat |
7.27% |
2008 |
Democrat |
Obama |
67.80% |
52.87% |
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32.20% |
45.60% |
McCain |
Republican |
7.72% |
1988 |
Republican |
Bush(41) |
79.18% |
53.37% |
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20.63% |
45.65% |
Dukakis |
Democrat |
7.50% |
1944 |
Democrat |
Roosevelt(32) |
81.36% |
53.39% |
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18.64% |
45.89% |
Dewey |
Republican |
3.12% |
1916 |
Democrat |
Wilson |
52.17% |
49.24% |
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47.83% |
46.12% |
Hughes |
Republican |
4.33% |
1896 |
Republican |
McKinley |
60.63% |
51.03% |
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39.37% |
46.70% |
Bryan |
Democrat |
6.07% |
1840 |
Whig |
Harrison(9) |
79.60% |
52.88% |
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20.40% |
46.81% |
Van Buren(8) |
Democrat |
5.32% |
1868 |
Republican |
Grant |
72.80% |
52.66% |
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27.20% |
47.34% |
Seymour |
Democrat |
2.06% |
1976 |
Democrat |
Carter |
55.20% |
50.08% |
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44.61% |
48.02% |
Ford(38) |
Republican |
1.46% |
1844 |
Democrat |
Polk |
61.80% |
49.54% |
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38.20% |
48.08% |
Clay |
Whig |
0.02% |
1880 |
Republican |
Garfield |
58.00% |
48.27% |
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42.00% |
48.25% |
Hancock |
Democrat |
0.25% |
1884 |
Democrat |
Cleveland(22) |
54.60% |
48.50% |
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45.40% |
48.25% |
Blaine |
Republican |
2.46% |
2004 |
Republican |
Bush(43) |
53.20% |
50.73% |
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46.70% |
48.27% |
Kerry |
Democrat |
-0.51% |
2000 |
Republican |
Bush(43) |
50.37% |
47.87% |
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49.44% |
48.38% |
Gore |
Democrat |
-0.80% |
1888 |
Republican |
Harrison(23) |
58.10% |
47.82% |
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41.90% |
48.62% |
Cleveland(22,24) |
Democrat |
0.17% |
1960 |
Democrat |
Kennedy |
56.42% |
49.72% |
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40.78% |
49.55% |
Nixon(37) |
Republican |
-3.02% |
1876 |
Republican |
Hayes |
50.10% |
47.95% |
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49.90% |
50.97% |
Tilden |
Democrat |
No Popular Vote |
1789 |
No Party |
Washington |
85.20% |
n/a |
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42.00% |
n/a |
Adams(2) |
No Party |
No Popular Vote |
1792 |
No Party |
Washington |
97.80% |
n/a |
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57.00% |
n/a |
Adams(2) |
No Party |
No Popular Vote |
1796 |
Federalist |
Adams(2) |
51.40% |
n/a |
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49.30% |
n/a |
Jefferson(3) |
Dem-Reps |
No Popular Vote |
1800 |
Dem-Reps |
Jefferson |
52.90% |
n/a |
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52.90% |
n/a |
Burr |
Dem-Reps |
No Popular Vote |
1804 |
Dem-Reps |
Jefferson |
92.00% |
n/a |
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8.00% |
n/a |
Pinckney |
Federalist |
No Popular Vote |
1808 |
Dem-Reps |
Madison |
69.30% |
n/a |
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26.70% |
n/a |
Pinckney |
Federalist |
No Popular Vote |
1812 |
Dem-Reps |
Madison |
58.70% |
n/a |
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40.80% |
n/a |
D.Clinton |
Federalist |
No Popular Vote |
1816 |
Dem-Reps |
Monroe |
82.80% |
n/a |
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15.40% |
n/a |
King |
Federalist |
No Popular Vote |
1820 |
Dem-Reps |
Monroe |
98.30% |
n/a |
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0.00% |
n/a |
NONE |
NONE |
Hope this helps,
dvwjr /nobr
72 posted on
06/21/2012 3:08:34 PM PDT by
dvwjr
(Gallup)
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