Procrustes Stretched
"intuition and imagination and intelligence"
Bush 2004/Obama 2012: Second Term Mandates
............................Bush........ Kerry
Electoral vote... 286........ 251[2]
States carried ... 31........ 19 + DC
Popular vote..... 62,040,610........ 59,028,444
Percentage ....... 50.7%........ 48.3%
.........................Barack Obama....... Mitt Romney
Electoral vote... 332.......... .......206
States carried... 26 + DC.......... .......24
Popular vote ..... 61,772,396[2]..... 58,548,457[2]
Percentage....... 50.5%[2] .......... 47.9%[2]
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Presidential Election Landslides
What constitutes a landslide? Let us see where you stand. I know Ronald Reagan only won 50.7% of the popular vote in 1980.
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Does only a landslide constitute a mandate for a President?
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