[Teacher317]

Why do they miss him so, you might ask? Because they know it will be tough to see another Dem in the White House. In 40 years, they have not had a presidential candidate take 50.1% of the vote in any election.

(Jimmy Carter got 50.06% in 1976, and that was in the aftermath of Whitewater, Vietnam, and the height of the liberal activist hey-day. Clinton got 43.0% and 49.2%.)

That's 10 presidential elections, and (just barely) half the votes ONLY ONCE!!!!

What they really miss is having a viable third-party candidate like John Anderson or Ross Perot taking anti-establishment votes from the GOP. That's why they support McCain so heavily.

[Teacher317]

PARDON ME!!!! It goes further back than that!

LBJ got 60.6% in the aftermath of the JFK assassination, but JFK himself only got 49.7%, and Truman got 49.8%.

You have to go back to FDR in 1944 to find the second Democrat who topped 50%... that's 60+ years!!!!

15 elections, and only twice did they break 50%... and one of those was by 0.06%.

Why does the GOP act like the minority party again????

[Mia T]

A third-party candidate attacking their left flank would be poetic justice.