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THOUGHTS ON THE ELECTION

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

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Does this election represent the historical electoral re-alignment that occurred 1964 and 1980? How does 2008 compare to Johnson's landslide election in 1964, which in turn set the stage for Reagan's landslide election in 1980, which then set the stage for the Republican domination of State and national politics for the last 28 years. In 1980 Reagan won 50.7% of the vote; Carter won 40% and third party candidate John B Anderson won 6.7% of the vote. In 2008 Obama won 53% of the vote to McCain's 46%. ( The convergence of polls on the last day at 7% that I wrote about on Monday night was right on the money.) Reagan won every state except Minnesota (Mondale's home state) Georgia (Carter's home state) and West Virginia. Reagan won 489 electoral votes to Carter's 49...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on November 05, 2008 (boomark / email).

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