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Some cool, non-partisan, political websites
By Brian | October 27, 2008 | Share on Facebook
Hat tip to Zach Klitzman for this: a graphical depiction of the New York Times endorsements dating back to 1860. Some fun facts:
- The last time they endorsed a Republican was Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956.
- They’ve endorsed Republicans only 12 of the 38 times, representing only nine men
And an equal tip of the cap to Koosh Gupta, who sent me this: Electoral maps of each presidential election in American history. Again, some fun facts:
- The first real landslide came in 1804 – Jefferson’s second term, when he defeated Charles Cotesworth Pickney 162 electoral votes to 14 (Pickney lost again, 122-47 to James Madison in 1808.
- In 1824, John Quincy Adams was selected by the House of Representatives after no one received enough of votes to win (it was a four-man race). As it turns out, he won the election, even though he didn’t have the most electoral votes (that was Andrew Jackson, who had 99 to his 84). Jackson also won the popular vote that year.
- When James K. Polk beat Henry Clay in 1844, the difference in the popular vote was just 39,490 (1,339,494 – 1,300,004). Polk won the electoral college by a tally of 170-105
- In 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes beat Samuel J. Tilden with an electoral college vote of 185-184, obviously the closest in our history. Tilden became the first man to win the popular vote and still lose the election in a two-person race.
- In 1888, Grover Cleveland won the popular vote and lost the election to Benjamin Harrison
- In 1912, Woodrow Wilson became the first person to win more than 400 electoral votes with 435.
- Warren G. Harding did the same thing in 1920, defeating James M. Cox, who’s running mate was Franklin D. Roosevelt. I wonder what ever happened to that guy…
- Oh, that’s what happened: in 1936 (his second of four victories), FDR surpassed 500 electoral votes for the first time, defeating Alf Landon (yes, we could have had a President Alf) 523-8. Alf carried two states – Maine and Vermont.
- Nixon beat McGovern in 1972 with 520 electoral votes as well. He also set the record for number of states won with 49
- Reagan’s 1984 victory over Walter Mondale set the electoral college record with 525, and tied the states record with 49. Reagan’s two elections combined (electoral college votes totalling 1014-62) were easily the most lopsided of victories for any single individual in our history. He was also the first person to receive more than 50 million votes for President (54 million in 1984).
- The infamous 2000 election had Gore with the popular vote win and George W. Bush with the electoral college win. Both men simultaneously broke the record for most votes received (51 million for Gore and 50.5 million for Bush). Note that when it was over, Gore was the record holder for four years, even though he wasn’t president. In 2004, George W. Bush received 62 million votes to shatter that record, and John Kerry received a whopping 59 million votes, vaulting him to second place.
Enjoy…
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