Originally Posted By: Gt1900
Not disagreeing. Just stating the facts. The scary thing for the GOP to realize is they have only won 1 popular vote in about 30 years. That should be disconcerting for future elections.


Uhm, not really:

Kennedy 49.7 Nixon 49.5
Johnson 61.1 Goldwater 38.7
Nixon 43.4 Humphries 42.4
Nixon 60.2 McGovern 37.2
Carter 50.0 Ford 48.0
Reagan 50.5 Carter 41.0
Reagan 58.8 Mondale 40.6
Bush 53.4 Dukakis 45.7
Clinton 43.0 Bush 37.5 (Ross Perot 20%)
Clinton 49.2 Dole 40.7
Bush 47.9 Gore 48.4
Bush 50.7 Kerry 48.3
Obama 52.9 McCain 45.7
Obama 51.1 Romney 47.2
Trump 47.5 Clinton 47.7

In the last 32 years there have been three outright popular vote wins by the Republicans, 2 statistical ties between Dems and the GOP and one anomalous result, the first Clinton win, largely acknowledged that Clinton won because the right was split between Bush and Perot. That leaves just four clear wins for the Democrats.

Hardly one win in 30 years.

Last edited by canvasback; 11/09/16 04:23 PM.
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