Landslide?

Nixon

In the 1972 election, Richard Nixon secured his second term in the Oval Office with a 520-17 victory over the Democratic candidate George McGovern. McGovern failed to win his home-state of South Dakota’s 4 electorates, winning only Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.

FDR

The 1936 election put Alfred M. Landon of Kansas up against incumbent president Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. FDR won this election 523-8, giving up only Maine and Vermont to the Republican ticket. It is also notable that in FDR’s four presidential-election victories, his lowest electoral college total was 432 in 1944.

Reagan

The largest total electorates given to one candidate in a single election came in 1984 when incumbent president Ronald Reaganreceived 525 to his Democrat opponent Walter F. Mondale’s 13. Mondale was able to win his home state of Kansas and the District of Columbia.

Looking at the top electorate winners of all time, Obama’s 364 would land him 16th on that list. If Missouri goes in his favor, he will move up one spot. So was it a landslide? No, but it was a decisive victory for the Obama campaign. He was able to convert nine states (Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Florida, New Mexico, Nevada, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado) to the Democratic column after they voted Republican in the 2004 election.

Alex J Martin