Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to Conservative@lemm.ee · 2 months agoYes, It Was a Landslide › American Greatnessamgreatness.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down148
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minus-squareWhatYouNeed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·2 months agoHe received 31% of the vote from all the population who could vote.
minus-squarerealcaseyrollins@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoThat’s roughly 1.5% less than the percentage of votes Reagan got from eligible voters in 1984. Was that election not a landslide also?
minus-squareWhatYouNeed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoLess than 1 in 3 people voting for a candidate is not a landslide.
minus-squarerealcaseyrollins@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoIf you don’t think Reagan’s victory in 1984 that’s fair even if I disagree. I was just asking for consistency, which you seem to have.
He received 31% of the vote from all the population who could vote.
That’s roughly 1.5% less than the percentage of votes Reagan got from eligible voters in 1984. Was that election not a landslide also?
Less than 1 in 3 people voting for a candidate is not a landslide.
If you don’t think Reagan’s victory in 1984 that’s fair even if I disagree. I was just asking for consistency, which you seem to have.