The 1964 Presidential Election Keeps Coming to Mind Somehow...
I was only 19 years old that year, so I couldn't vote, but I remember it like it was yesterday, rather than 52 years ago. It may be that some DUers don't remember it at all, though. In fact, it may be that most DUers don't. Check it out:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1964
or
http://www.270towin.com/1964_Election/
The electoral college, that year, gave LBJ 486 votes. His opponent, Barry Goldwater, could only muster 52 electoral votes. It was one of the big landslide victories - historical, in fact, for Democrats.
As Donald Trump spirals ever downward, just three weeks from the election, I keep remembering the press coverage of the 1964 election and the blind support so many conservatives gave to Goldwater.
Goldwater won just six states. Five were the classic Southern states, and the other was Arizona, his home state. That was it. The nation voted blue. Overwhelmingly.
What will November 8 reveal? I doubt it will be as massive a victory for Hillary Clinton, but I feel the landslide starting to slowly creep down the mountain, even now. Months ago, I predicted a Hillary win with 350+ electoral votes. The question is how many votes will be represented by that + sign? As momentum grows in that sliding mass of earth, it could be more than any of us think.
We'll know soon enough...
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