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trentpac 11/05/24 6:10:04 PM #1:	Will Ronald Reagan's electoral record ever be beat? - Results (74 votes) Yeah sure why not 8.11% (6 votes) 6 Ain't no way 91.89% (68 votes) 68 I remembered that Reagan's win in 1984 was substantial...I just didn't remember just how badly Mondale was beaten. In today's political climate 525 electoral votes is an insane number. I can't see this happening ever again. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/33a9dbc4.jpg --- "I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance."-Samuel Taylor Coleridge <cite>trentpac posted [p:982814602] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote> Will Ronald Reagan's electoral record ever be beat? - Results (74 votes) Yeah sure why not 8.11% (6 votes) 6 Ain't no way 91.89% (68 votes) 68 Show Voting Form I remembered that Reagan's win in 1984 was substantial...I just didn't remember just how badly Mondale was beaten. In today's political climate 525 electoral votes is an insane number. I can't see this happening ever again. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/33a9dbc4.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hejiru 11/05/24 6:11:20 PM #2:	Wow I did not know it was that huge of a landslide. How did that even happen? --- The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense. <cite>Hejiru posted [p:982814622] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>Wow I did not know it was that huge of a landslide. How did that even happen?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GeminiDeus 11/05/24 6:12:11 PM #3:	Hejiru posted... Wow I did not know it was that huge of a landslide. How did that even happen? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAqE_GxsqMo --- Without truth, there is nothing. <cite>GeminiDeus posted [p:982814637] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>Hejiru posted... </cite><quote>Wow I did not know it was that huge of a landslide. How did that even happen?</quote>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAqE_GxsqMo</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
singleplayerguy 11/05/24 6:12:25 PM #4:	Hejiru posted... Wow I did not know it was that huge of a landslide. How did that even happen? Two words: Walter Mondale. <cite>singleplayerguy posted [p:982814641] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>Hejiru posted... </cite><quote>Wow I did not know it was that huge of a landslide. How did that even happen?</quote>Two words: Walter Mondale. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
JlM 11/05/24 6:12:30 PM #5:	Not a chance. --- I guess I'm something of a ne'er do well. Pittsburgh <cite>JlM posted [p:982814645] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>Not a chance.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SauI_Goodman 11/05/24 6:12:44 PM #6:	Damn lol --- Italian, French, German. <cite>SauI_Goodman posted [p:982814649] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>Damn lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
trentpac 11/05/24 6:13:03 PM #7:	ever be beaten? Sheesh --- "I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance."-Samuel Taylor Coleridge <cite>trentpac posted [p:982814654] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>ever be beaten?Sheesh </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
doesntcare 11/05/24 6:13:05 PM #8:	I saw a story about past elections, this particular one is crazy lopsided <cite>doesntcare posted [p:982814655] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>I saw a story about past elections, this particular one is crazy lopsided </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Turbam 11/05/24 6:13:51 PM #9:	What the fuck? They made the Jeb meme real!? --- ~snip (V)_(;,;)_(V) snip~ I'm just one man! Whoa! Well, I'm a one man band! https://imgur.com/p9Xvjvs <cite>Turbam posted [p:982814674] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>What the fuck? They made the Jeb meme real!?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hejiru 11/05/24 6:16:16 PM #10:	singleplayerguy posted... Two words: Walter Mondale. What was so bad about him? --- The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense. <cite>Hejiru posted [p:982814707] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>singleplayerguy posted... </cite><quote>Two words: Walter Mondale.</quote>What was so bad about him?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
trentpac 11/05/24 6:17:03 PM #11:	The election before he beat Jimmy Carter pretty badly as well. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e044404d.jpg --- "I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance."-Samuel Taylor Coleridge <cite>trentpac posted [p:982814719] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>The election before he beat Jimmy Carter pretty badly as well. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e044404d.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thronedfire2 11/05/24 6:17:40 PM #12:	no way unless some fascist takes over and decides to keep the electoral college, for some reason --- I could see you, but I couldn't hear you You were holding your hat in the breeze Turning away from me In this moment you were stolen... <cite>thronedfire2 posted [p:982814731] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>no wayunless some fascist takes over and decides to keep the electoral college, for some reason</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mrcod4 11/05/24 6:17:45 PM #13:	Still on the table tonight --- GT:mrcod6 PSN:anteatersPWN <cite>mrcod4 posted [p:982814734] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>Still on the table tonight</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
singleplayerguy 11/05/24 6:20:50 PM #14:	Hejiru posted... What was so bad about him? He was Carter's VP for one and so was already seen to be an electoral loser. Furthermore, as a Minnesota Democrat he was sort of the Bernie of the day. But really it was this quote: 'Let's tell the truth. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did.' It hurt his standing so much that years later in 2002 after Wellstone died and Mondale ran for his seat the seat flipped red which was a MASSIVE shock at the time. <cite>singleplayerguy posted [p:982814768] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>Hejiru posted... </cite><quote>What was so bad about him?</quote>He was Carter's VP for one and so was already seen to be an electoral loser. Furthermore, as a Minnesota Democrat he was sort of the Bernie of the day. But really it was this quote: 'Let's tell the truth. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did.'It hurt his standing so much that years later in 2002 after Wellstone died and Mondale ran for his seat the seat flipped red which was a MASSIVE shock at the time.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
theAteam 11/05/24 6:21:40 PM #15:	thronedfire2 posted... no way unless some fascist takes over and decides to keep the electoral college, for some reason This --- Buffalo Bills <cite>theAteam posted [p:982814774] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>thronedfire2 posted... </cite><quote>no wayunless some fascist takes over and decides to keep the electoral college, for some reason</quote>This</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
solosnake 11/05/24 6:24:28 PM #16:	Trump in 2028 will look like that if he gets his way --- "We would have no NBA possibly if they got rid of all the flopping." ~ Dwyane Wade <cite>solosnake posted [p:982814815] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>Trump in 2028 will look like that if he gets his way</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Unsuprised_Pika 11/05/24 6:25:07 PM #17:	A nearly 80 year old Silver Spoonfed Convicted felon and rapist, seditious, sexist, racist, pathological lying bully, who often incites and encourages violence, is in a dead heat with a a more qualified candidate who has been an AG, Senator and VP. No fucking shot. A candidate would have to cannabalize an Infant during a live debate and scream "HEIL HITLER, I WILL OUTLAW CATS AND DOGS and RAISE TAXES TO 90% ON EVERYONE" to have that kind of a blowout happen nowadays. --- I post clips of my cool, stupid and glitchy MH Sunbreak and Tears of the Kingdom gameplay here just for fun. https://youtube.com/user/linkachu1000 <cite>Unsuprised_Pika posted [p:982814820] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>A nearly 80 year old Silver Spoonfed Convicted felon and rapist, seditious, sexist, racist, pathological lying bully, who often incites and encourages violence, is in a dead heat with a a more qualified candidate who has been an AG, Senator and VP.No fucking shot. A candidate would have to cannabalize an Infant during a live debate and scream "HEIL HITLER, I WILL OUTLAW CATS AND DOGS and RAISE TAXES TO 90% ON EVERYONE" to have that kind of a blowout happen nowadays.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EPR-radar 11/05/24 6:32:00 PM #18:	singleplayerguy posted... He was Carter's VP for one and so was already seen to be an electoral loser. Furthermore, as a Minnesota Democrat he was sort of the Bernie of the day. But really it was this quote: 'Let's tell the truth. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did.' It hurt his standing so much that years later in 2002 after Wellstone died and Mondale ran for his seat the seat flipped red which was a MASSIVE shock at the time. Mondale was doomed anyway with the association to the Carter presidency, but telling the truth to the voters on taxes like that didn't help. --- "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." -- 1984 <cite>EPR-radar posted [p:982814901] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>singleplayerguy posted... </cite><quote>He was Carter's VP for one and so was already seen to be an electoral loser. Furthermore, as a Minnesota Democrat he was sort of the Bernie of the day. But really it was this quote: 'Let's tell the truth. Mr. Reagan will raise taxes, and so will I. He won't tell you. I just did.'It hurt his standing so much that years later in 2002 after Wellstone died and Mondale ran for his seat the seat flipped red which was a MASSIVE shock at the time.</quote>Mondale was doomed anyway with the association to the Carter presidency, but telling the truth to the voters on taxes like that didn't help.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
singleplayerguy 11/05/24 6:36:42 PM #19:	EPR-radar posted... Mondale was doomed anyway with the association to the Carter presidency, but telling the truth to the voters on taxes like that didn't help. I agree. The Democrats used him as a throwaway. Nobody was beating Reagan. After the assassination attempt and the greatest economy we've ever had to that point. <cite>singleplayerguy posted [p:982814952] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>EPR-radar posted... </cite><quote>Mondale was doomed anyway with the association to the Carter presidency, but telling the truth to the voters on taxes like that didn't help.</quote>I agree. The Democrats used him as a throwaway. Nobody was beating Reagan. After the assassination attempt and the greatest economy we've ever had to that point.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TyVulpine 11/05/24 6:37:34 PM #20:	Hejiru posted... Wow I did not know it was that huge of a landslide. How did that even happen? Mondale talked about raising taxes just before the election. That's one of the worst things you can do when running for office. --- Insert some witty line here <cite>TyVulpine posted [p:982814964] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>Hejiru posted... </cite><quote>Wow I did not know it was that huge of a landslide. How did that even happen?</quote>Mondale talked about raising taxes just before the election. That's one of the worst things you can do when running for office.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
bsp77 11/05/24 6:40:30 PM #21:	Yay for Minnesota! --- Currently playing - Blasphemous 2 <cite>bsp77 posted [p:982814993] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>Yay for Minnesota!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
singleplayerguy 11/05/24 6:40:45 PM #22:	bsp77 posted... Yay for Minnesota! He won DC too... <cite>singleplayerguy posted [p:982814998] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>bsp77 posted... </cite><quote>Yay for Minnesota!</quote>He won DC too...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
bsp77 11/05/24 6:42:07 PM #23:	singleplayerguy posted... He won DC too... Hey, let me toot my state's horn! --- Currently playing - Blasphemous 2 <cite>bsp77 posted [p:982815018] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>singleplayerguy posted... </cite><quote>He won DC too...</quote>Hey, let me toot my state's horn!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Error1355 11/05/24 6:42:21 PM #24:	Impossible to predict something like this. I'd say it's more likely to happen in the future than every single election being close. --- I'm a long, long way from giving up Call me old-fashioned, call me a fool <cite>Error1355 posted [p:982815019] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>Impossible to predict something like this.I'd say it's more likely to happen in the future than every single election being close.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TyVulpine 11/05/24 6:43:41 PM #25:	singleplayerguy posted... He won DC too... No Republican candidate has ever won DC's 3 electoral votes. --- Insert some witty line here <cite>TyVulpine posted [p:982815038] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>singleplayerguy posted... </cite><quote>He won DC too...</quote>No Republican candidate has ever won DC's 3 electoral votes.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EPR-radar 11/05/24 6:45:59 PM #26:	Error1355 posted... Impossible to predict something like this. I'd say it's more likely to happen in the future than every single election being close. It's another "house divided" situation in US history, IMO. Sure, the media wants every election to be a money-generating nailbiter, but that can't happen indefinitely. If this version of the GOP gets its hands on real power, there will be no further elections. Conversely, if enough people see this version of the GOP for what it is, the GOP will no longer be a viable national party. --- "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." -- 1984 <cite>EPR-radar posted [p:982815061] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>Error1355 posted... </cite><quote>Impossible to predict something like this.I'd say it's more likely to happen in the future than every single election being close.</quote>It's another "house divided" situation in US history, IMO.Sure, the media wants every election to be a money-generating nailbiter, but that can't happen indefinitely. If this version of the GOP gets its hands on real power, there will be no further elections.Conversely, if enough people see this version of the GOP for what it is, the GOP will no longer be a viable national party.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Heineken14 11/05/24 6:47:56 PM #27:	Nah, I foresee every election from this point being a nailbiter for the most part. If someone incomprehensibly terrible like Donnie wins and is competitive in other elections, I don't see how someone WORSE than him realistically comes along. --- Rage is a hell of an anesthetic. <cite>Heineken14 posted [p:982815082] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>Nah, I foresee every election from this point being a nailbiter for the most part. If someone incomprehensibly terrible like Donnie wins and is competitive in other elections, I don't see how someone WORSE than him realistically comes along.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wackyteen 11/05/24 6:50:41 PM #28:	Not with the 24 hour news cycle and algorithms intentionally dividing us. --- The name is wackyteen for a reason. Never doubt. <cite>wackyteen posted [p:982815106] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>Not with the 24 hour news cycle and algorithms intentionally dividing us. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
singleplayerguy 11/05/24 6:51:36 PM #29:	TyVulpine posted... No Republican candidate has ever won DC's 3 electoral votes. He = Walter Mondale <cite>singleplayerguy posted [p:982815113] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>TyVulpine posted... </cite><quote>No Republican candidate has ever won DC's 3 electoral votes.</quote>He = Walter Mondale</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EPR-radar 11/05/24 6:52:21 PM #30:	Heineken14 posted... Nah, I foresee every election from this point being a nailbiter for the most part. If someone incomprehensibly terrible like Donnie wins and is competitive in other elections, I don't see how someone WORSE than him realistically comes along. I really hope it doesn't turn out this way -- persistent existential dread will just wear out the good guys and let the fascists win. --- "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." -- 1984 <cite>EPR-radar posted [p:982815126] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>Heineken14 posted... </cite><quote>Nah, I foresee every election from this point being a nailbiter for the most part. If someone incomprehensibly terrible like Donnie wins and is competitive in other elections, I don't see how someone WORSE than him realistically comes along.</quote>I really hope it doesn't turn out this way -- persistent existential dread will just wear out the good guys and let the fascists win.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
boomgetchopped3 11/05/24 6:56:30 PM #31:	Damn. Was Mondale a punk ass or something? --- It's literally the same thing <cite>boomgetchopped3 posted [p:982815189] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>Damn. Was Mondale a punk ass or something?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
singleplayerguy 11/05/24 6:57:53 PM #32:	boomgetchopped3 posted... Damn. Was Mondale a punk ass or something? He was actually a decent VP. He transformed the office. He was to Carter what Cheney was to Bush without the warmongering. First VP to have an office in the West Wing if I recall. He became something of a joke after his loss and losing the Senate race in 2002. Plus Bill Clinton had an affair with his daughter and that certainly didn't help. <cite>singleplayerguy posted [p:982815205] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>boomgetchopped3 posted... </cite><quote>Damn. Was Mondale a punk ass or something?</quote>He was actually a decent VP. He transformed the office. He was to Carter what Cheney was to Bush without the warmongering.First VP to have an office in the West Wing if I recall. He became something of a joke after his loss and losing the Senate race in 2002. Plus Bill Clinton had an affair with his daughter and that certainly didn't help.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EPR-radar 11/05/24 6:59:06 PM #33:	boomgetchopped3 posted... Damn. Was Mondale a punk ass or something? Probably not. It's difficult to overstate how fucked the Democrats were after the election of Reagan in 1980 -- pretty much everyone thought Republicans would rule forever. --- "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." -- 1984 <cite>EPR-radar posted [p:982815217] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>boomgetchopped3 posted... </cite><quote>Damn. Was Mondale a punk ass or something?</quote>Probably not. It's difficult to overstate how fucked the Democrats were after the election of Reagan in 1980 -- pretty much everyone thought Republicans would rule forever.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Srk700 11/05/24 7:11:14 PM #34:	If Trump was held to the same standards pretty much every politician had to be held to before 2016, then we might have had those levels of blowouts in 2016, 2020, and this year. But if someone like Trump can have as much baggage as he has and run the worst campaign probably ever yet still be in contention to win, then Im going to have to say no. Theres way too many idiots in the US for that to be possible now. Only way it happens is if the Dems had someone just as bad as Trump is, then I could see the Republican candidate winning in a landslide like that with how much Dems are held to a much higher standard than Republicans are. <cite>Srk700 posted [p:982815366] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>If Trump was held to the same standards pretty much every politician had to be held to before 2016, then we might have had those levels of blowouts in 2016, 2020, and this year. But if someone like Trump can have as much baggage as he has and run the worst campaign probably ever yet still be in contention to win, then Im going to have to say no. Theres way too many idiots in the US for that to be possible now.Only way it happens is if the Dems had someone just as bad as Trump is, then I could see the Republican candidate winning in a landslide like that with how much Dems are held to a much higher standard than Republicans are.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
trentpac 11/05/24 10:33:45 PM #35:	Well it's definitely not happening this year. Even though it should've been the result. --- "I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance."-Samuel Taylor Coleridge <cite>trentpac posted [p:982818816] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>Well it's definitely not happening this year. Even though it should've been the result. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sonixs 11/05/24 10:34:55 PM #36:	His opponent ran on raising taxes to fix the deficit. Raising taxes. <cite>Sonixs posted [p:982818839] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>His opponent ran on raising taxes to fix the deficit. Raising taxes. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
archizzy 11/05/24 10:37:04 PM #37:	I remember this election well and I dont think it will ever happen again but I guess its possible eventually in enough time if the U.S. exists and has the same system but Ill never see it in my lifetime. I know that. --- PSN ID: sled_dogs76 60" Pioneer Kuro Elite PRO151FD, Yamaha RX-V3900 A/V Receiver, Oppo DV983-H player. Coming soon: 2 Seaton Submersives from Mark Seaton <cite>archizzy posted [p:982818888] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>I remember this election well and I dont think it will ever happen again but I guess its possible eventually in enough time if the U.S. exists and has the same system but Ill never see it in my lifetime. I know that. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MLBloomy 11/05/24 11:02:14 PM #38:	doesntcare posted... I saw a story about past elections, this particular one is crazy lopsided But only the 5th best by electoral vote winning percentage. In Washington's 2 elections, he received a vote from every elector. Different procedure back then, when electors voted for 2 people instead of separately for president and VP. The person voted on by a majority of electors became president, or it went to Congress. The 12th Amendment switched to separate votes for president and VP. Monroe got 231 of 232 in his reelection and FDR got 523 of 531 in his 2nd win. The cap on the House should be raised at some point, which would make it easier to top 525 EVs. <cite>MLBloomy posted [p:982819453] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>doesntcare posted... </cite><quote>I saw a story about past elections, this particular one is crazy lopsided</quote>But only the 5th best by electoral vote winning percentage.In Washington's 2 elections, he received a vote from every elector. Different procedure back then, when electors voted for 2 people instead of separately for president and VP. The person voted on by a majority of electors became president, or it went to Congress. The 12th Amendment switched to separate votes for president and VP.Monroe got 231 of 232 in his reelection and FDR got 523 of 531 in his 2nd win.The cap on the House should be raised at some point, which would make it easier to top 525 EVs.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
luigi33 11/05/24 11:05:31 PM #39:	Yes. Infact, 2028 every state will go red because voting doesn't matter. --- RTX 3070, Ryzen 7 5700x,16GB DDR4, 700WGold PSU Switch FC: SW-3966-2111-8902, Proud Steam Deck Owner <cite>luigi33 posted [p:982819535] in Will Ronal... [t:80879192]...</cite> <quote>Yes. Infact, 2028 every state will go red because voting doesn't matter. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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