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That bell shaped curve analysis also covers every Presidential election since 1968 too.
Republicans cheat it is in their DNA.
Paul Weyrich … founder of the Heritage Foundation. 1980 or 1981 to a Reagan Group
How many of our Christians have what I call the goo-goo syndrome: good government? They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people. They never have been from the beginning of our country, and they are not now. As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down.