Any US History buffs here tonight? Re Most electoral votes ever?

[texpatriot2004]

So I was working with one of those electoral maps that you can create yourself and I started to wonder, who in US history has won the most electoral votes ever? What is the highest number of electoral votes ever obtained?

I searched a little bit but didn't find what I was looking for. Anyone have an idea?

[yellerpup]

1. I have an idea that it was a rout for Walter Mondale

who took Minnesota while the rest of the country ran red for RR. I don't enjoy recalling it, but that's the worst I remember.

[BattyDem]

2. Reagan won 525 electoral votes

I don't think anyone ever topped that.

[Wickerman]

3. Here is a nice read

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/123/what-u-s-presidents-won-in-the-biggest-landslides

[chrisau214]

4. Reagan in 1984 with 525

'Twas not pretty...







Chris

[WCGreen]

5. And I was newly sober...

I almost went back to drinking...

[silverojo]

11. I hope next week, the Freeps will feel the way I did back then

It was the first campaign I'd ever volunteered for.

[texpatriot2004]

13. Are you a friend of Bill W. ? nm

[WCGreen]

15. We have been acquainted over the years...

That lifestyle I left behind is so foreign to me now I can't imagine anything would drive me to drink again...

[bunkerbuster1]

14. Wow. As someone who's been sober over 15 years...

I can attest, '84 would be a tough time to stop drinking.

[WCGreen]

16. Yea, I thought we had that one and then there was that Debate...

[otohara]

6. Only Time I Didn't Vote - Standing in Line - Dan Rather Comes on

the tube in this hotel bar TV where the polling place was and said CBS News has predicted Ronald Reagan has won...blah, blah, blah. I left in disgust - Half the room walked out - I lived in heavy dem area. It was about 6PM in Denver.

[David in Canada]

7. 1936 - Roosevelt

In 1936, President Roosevelt (D) won 46 (of 48) states, 60.8% of the popular vote and 523 electoral votes. Kansas Governor Alf Landon (R) won 2 states (Maine and Vermont) 36% of the popular vote and 8 electoral votes.

[Greyhound]

8. Depends on what specifically you mean, fer instance Washington was elected with 100%

of the electoral votes, but in absolute numbers, I think it was Nixon '72.

[cosmicone]

9. Reagan 1984 and a close 2nd Nixon 1972

http://www.presidentelect.org/e1984.html

http://www.presidentelect.org/e1972.html

[Alexander]

10. Depends. George Washington won them all twice - 100%.

Monroe won all but one EV in an uncontested election (One elector voted for John Quincy Adams as a protest vote).

FDR in 1936, Nixon in 1972 and Reagan in 1984 have had huge EV margins but didn't win unanimously.

[maxpower]

12. I believe it was that basterd Reagon over Mondale

I could be wring, but I think that is the case

[RL3AO]

17. Reagan won everything but MN and DC in 1984