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SHRED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-30-08 10:58 AM
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Highest winning percantage by a non-incumbent in recent history


http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/population-and-popular-vote.html

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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-30-08 11:05 AM
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1. Johnson, Roosevelt, and Truman were incumbents weren't they?
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-30-08 11:07 AM
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2. And Clinton. nt
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Dawgs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-30-08 11:37 AM
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4. What's your point?
The chart shows Obama's winning percentage compared to those that were running as incumbents.
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-30-08 12:03 PM
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8. yet there are incumbents on the list
It's a list of incumbents and non-incumbents.
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book_worm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-30-08 11:43 AM
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6. the OP is clearly talking about "non-incumbents"
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Tribetime Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-30-08 11:16 AM
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3. and still climbing I'd like to see him hit 70 million (23%)
a 10 million vote win.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-30-08 11:41 AM
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5. Didn't Johnson win in a landslide?
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-30-08 11:45 AM
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7. To clarify
these percentages are percent of total population, not percent they won by. It is a testement to the turnout this time that he is so high on that list.
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