Monday, October 03, 2016

Presidential Elections Used to Be More Colorful

Presidential Elections Used to Be More Colorful - Metrocosm
"Looking over the historical results of U.S. presidential elections, I keep coming back to the same conclusion: the political landscape we’ve been living in for the past few decades is really not normal.
The last time a third party won an electoral vote was in 1968. 
For the almost 200 years prior to that, 3-way elections occurred regularly, about once every five election cycles.
Here are the election maps laid out side-by-side. 
Notice how close the last six elections have been by historical standards.
Hard to imagine how any candidate today could flip enough voters from the other party to have a victory like Reagan in 1984..."
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