How many electoral votes would be considered a landslide?
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Mon Oct-20-08 11:41 AM
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How many electoral votes would be considered a landslide?
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Mon Oct-20-08 11:42 AM
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* set the precedent for treating a stolen victory as a mandate.
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Mon Oct-20-08 12:23 PM
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Mon Oct-20-08 11:43 AM
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Mon Oct-20-08 12:24 PM
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Mon Oct-20-08 11:53 AM
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That's when I'll turn it off and go get tanked.
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Mon Oct-20-08 12:21 PM
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4. 271 for a Republican. Infinity for a Democrat.
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Mon Oct-20-08 01:15 PM
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14. Excellent point, and all too true -- but it's up to US to expose and oppose that
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Mon Oct-20-08 02:02 PM
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17. You're right. In every way, we have be much louder than in the past.
We have to make our points loudly and without letup.
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Mon Oct-20-08 12:23 PM
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5. once it breaks 300ish... the media wont be able to control themselves.
anything that isn't determined by 1-2 swing states will be spun as a landslide, esp if the popular vote is strong.
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Mon Oct-20-08 12:25 PM
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8. Depending on how you define "landslide"
I choose to define it as 60% or greater of the total vote (I've heard 55%, but I'm deliberately going over that) THUS: 538EV available 538x0.6=323 (rounded up from 322.8) So, call it 323EV for an Electoral College landslide.
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Mon Oct-20-08 12:25 PM
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When Obama wins 300 Electoral Votes It Is a landslide.And be prepared to point out Bush never got that high not even In his so called mandate In 2004.
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Mon Oct-20-08 01:20 PM
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15. exactly. in our current time... 300+ will be taken as a landslide (except at fox)
once it hits 300, the L-word will be let loose... and everybody above that will seem like gravy.
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Mon Oct-20-08 12:26 PM
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10. A True Landslide would be 375 or more.
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Mon Oct-20-08 12:28 PM
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11. 370 according to Nate Silver at 538
That seems to be the traditional figure, as far as I can tell.
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Mon Oct-20-08 12:29 PM
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12. the GOP counted states, lost the popular vote and STILL declared a "Mandate"
I say, popular vote PLUS EV? landslide
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Mon Oct-20-08 01:14 PM
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13. If Obama is able to EQUAL OR EXCEED both Reagan's POPULAR vote margin in 80 & Bush's in 88 ...
he will then almost certainly have gotten more than 50% and have an undeniable mandate. The distraught Repukes will then of course follow the 271 is a mandate for Repukes and infinity not enough for Democrats approach, but I have NO doubt that in such a situation both the POPULAR vote and the ELECTORAL will be a mandate for all but die-hard RW partisans
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Mon Oct-20-08 01:20 PM
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16. If you are a repub & a dem wins..there is no such thing
But if a repub wins by 270+1...its a LANDSLIDE!:sarcasm: We & Obama are gonna have a landslide...I feel it. :) Gonna be fun to watch :popcorn:
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Mon Oct-20-08 02:12 PM
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18. To be fair, it only takes a few points in the PV to win the EC overwhelmingly. nt
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