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FDR re-elected in record vote
No president ever has been returned with a popular vote or electoral college majority comparable to that indicated for Mr. Roosevelt. The 1928 Hoover-Smith electoral score was 444 to 87 and Mr ...
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The Electoral College Uncovered: How U.S. Elections Really Work
In the complex process of electing a U.S. president, one of the most often debated and least understood components is the ...
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Roosevelt wins third term
NEW YORK, Nov. 6, 1940 (UP) -- President Roosevelt's third term victory over Wendell L. Willkie was building up today toward another electoral college landslide. The New Deal is in for another ...
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The Electoral College: Why do we have it and how does it — or doesn't it — work
Most of us who follow politics have heard of the Electoral College and understand ... like Franklin D. Roosevelt's reelection in 1936, Ronald Reagan’s reelection in 1984, Nixon’s reelection ...
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How the Electoral College works
This Election Day, we get a refresher on how the Electoral College works from Kermit Roosevelt, professor for the Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania. He focuses on ...
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Hard Numbers, (US election edition): Old enough to cast a ballot, Losing the popular vote, Electoral college daze, Historic landslides, and why is Election Day on Election Day?
523: The largest electoral college landslide ever came in 1936, when incumbent Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt trounced GOP challenger Alf Landon 523 to 8 (at the time, there were just 531 ...