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In reply to the discussion: Taking on the Zombie Perot-Myth/Smear (With Maddow video) [View all]Chemisse
(30,793 posts)1. People forget that Perot's support had dwindled to a trickle by election time.
He was very popular for a while, but was a bit of a laughingstock by the time people voted. And his support seemed to come from both sides. He was quite an odd character.
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How many elections in the last 125 years have a different popular vote & electoral vote winner?
ericson00
Jul 2015
#5
1800, 1828, 1932, 1980, 2008 those were realigning elections. If Clinton changed the electorate so
craigmatic
Jul 2015
#13
The reason the republicans stopped winning so many electoral votes is because
craigmatic
Jul 2015
#15
Most people don't consider 1968 realigning because policy didn't really change neither did
craigmatic
Jul 2015
#17
SCOTUS justices are the bare minimum of what we expect of a democratic president.
craigmatic
Jul 2015
#33
Also, if you, like me, are offended by the smear against the facts the Clintons,
ericson00
Jul 2015
#19