Anyone know the largest landslide in US history?

[Javaman]

For the presidential race?

[truthbetold]

1. Ask me again...

Tomorrow. :D

[Julien Sorel]

2. Define "landslide"

Electorally, it was Reagan-Mondale. Popular vote, I think it was Johnson-Goldwater.

[Burma Jones]

3. Nixon beating McGovern I believe

or Reagan beating Mondale.......

[liberalpragmatist]

4. Depends on the definition

Reagan in '84 had the biggest popular vote margin over his opponent. But I think Nixon had a greater percentage - McGovern didn't crack 40% and Nixon had something like 62%.

Then there was James Monroe who was unopposed in his second term. 1 elector cast a vote for John Quincy Adams. That was it.

[deadmessengers]

6. I think Washington's elections were unanimous. n/t

Electorally speaking...

[klook]

5. To date, anyway

it's Johnson over Goldwater (popular vote) in 1964 and Reagan over Mondale (electoral college) in 1984. Looks like there's a new record every 20 years...time for Kerry to set a new one?


The Nation, 10/25/2004

[Worst Username Ever]

7. Reagan V. Mondale, see link

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/extra/election.html

On edit, here is McGovern V. Nixon

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/extra/election.html

This is elecotral vote, not popular vote.

[Burma Jones]

8. Hold On - FDR beat Alf Landon 523 to 8 in the EC - in 1936

That barely beats Reagan's performance in 1984.

Here's a link for all electoral records:

http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/electoral_college/scores.html#1984

[Ivote]

10. Wrong Wrong Wrong

George Washington ran unopposed and got all the Electors

[Burma Jones]

11. Yes and No

If there was no opposition, it isn't a Landslide. If you are going on "official" votes, FDR still wins.

Election: 1789
President: George Washington
Main Opponent: John Adams
Electoral Vote: Winner: 69 Main Opponent: 34 Total/Majority: 69/35
Popular Vote: no record
Votes for Others: John Jay (9), Robert H. Harrison (6), John Rutledge (6), John Hancock (4), George Clinton (3), Samuel Huntington (2), John Milton (2), James Armstrong (1), Benjamin Lincoln (1), Edward Telfair (1)
Vice President: John Adams
Notes: For all intents and purposes, Washington was unopposed for election as President. Under the system then in place, votes for Vice President were not differentiated from votes for President.



From National Archives

[TahitiNut]

9. FDR won with a 23.8% margin in 1936 (60.6% vs. 36.8%)

He got 523 of the 541 electoral votes.

It was better than Nixon's 1972 margin of 23.2% (60.7% vs. 37.5%), with 520 of 537 electoral votes.
It was better than LBJ's 1964 margin of 22.6% (61.1% vs. 38.5%), with 486 of 538 electoral votes.
It was better than Reagan's 1984 margin of 18.2% (58.8% vs. 40.6%) with 525 of 538 electoral votes.

[Burma Jones]

12. Here's another - this is fun - Monroe beating JQ Adams 231 to 1

Election: 1820
President: James Monroe
Main Opponent: John Quincy Adams
Electoral Vote: Winner: 231 Main Opponent: 1 Total/Majority: 235/118
Popular Vote: no record
Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins (218)
V.P. Opponents: Richard Stockton (8), Daniel Rodney (4), Robert G. Harper (1), Richard Rush (1)
Notes: 235 electors were appointed, but only 232 votes were cast due to the deaths of electors from Mississippi, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

[Burma Jones]

13. Grant beats Greeley - 286 to Zero - 1872

Election: 1872
President: Ulysses S. Grant
Main Opponent: Horace Greeley
Electoral Vote: Winner: 286 Main Opponent: -- Total/Majority: 352/177
Popular Vote: Winner: 3,597,132 Main Opponent: 2,834,125
Votes for Others: B. Gratz Brown (18), Thomas A. Hendricks (42), Charles J. Jenkins (2), David Davis (1)
Vice President: Henry Wilson (286)
V.P. Opponents: B. Gratz Brown (47), N.P. Banks (1), George W. Julian (5), Alfred H. Colquitt (5), John M. Palmer (3), Thomas E. Bramlette (3), William S. Groesbeck (1), Willis B. Machen (1)
Notes: By resolution of the House, 3 votes cast for Greeley were not counted. V.P. Henry Wilson died November 22, 1875.

[liberalpragmatist]

14. Happened b/c Greeley died between election day and the EC

n/t

[Burma Jones]

16. Greeley had three votes prior to his demise.............n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. IIRC 1800, or 1932

what do they have in common? They were critical elections