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Stallion

(6,474 posts)
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 09:38 PM Nov 2020

Trump Now Bigger Loser than Romney (v. Obama) in Both Total Votes and % Vote

Breaking: the Biden/Harris '20 ticket's popular vote margin (3.8627 points) just surpassed the Obama/Biden '12 ticket's popular vote margin (3.8597 points).It's now the second largest popular victory since 1996.— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 21, 2020

I believe the term Trump prefers is "slaughter"

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Trump Now Bigger Loser than Romney (v. Obama) in Both Total Votes and % Vote (Original Post) Stallion Nov 2020 OP
Excellent! & Joe Biden just happens Cha Nov 2020 #1
Yuppers! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #4
Snap! For Pres Obama & VPE Harris, too! Cha Nov 2020 #6
"They don't make landslides like they used to..." regnaD kciN Nov 2020 #2
When one side is a "Belfry Load of Bat-Shit Crazy" ThoughtCriminal Nov 2020 #3
When almost a third of voters choose not to vote, it is left to Blue_true Nov 2020 #7
And not to mention all the lost court cases, like a little icing atop the cake... Blue Owl Nov 2020 #5

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
2. "They don't make landslides like they used to..."
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 09:44 PM
Nov 2020

That's a fact -- nowadays, a 4% victory is about the most one can hope for, in the current uber-polarized environment. Whether that's good or bad for democracy is yet to be determined.

ThoughtCriminal

(14,047 posts)
3. When one side is a "Belfry Load of Bat-Shit Crazy"
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 09:48 PM
Nov 2020

It is disturbing that the gap is not fairly high double-digits.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
7. When almost a third of voters choose not to vote, it is left to
Sat Nov 21, 2020, 10:41 PM
Nov 2020

the larger of the other two parts to put a check on the craziness and brutalness of the third part.

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