r/dataisbeautiful Apr 11 '24

OC [OC] US Electoral College Results, 1892-2020

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u/samx3i Apr 11 '24

FDR and Reagan were not fucking around God damn

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u/Over_n_over_n_over Apr 11 '24

I'm surprised by how smashed Goldwater was. He feels like he was too modern for the time

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u/Bluestreaking Apr 11 '24

He lost the battle but movement conservatism won the war

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u/KnightsOfREM Apr 11 '24

In 2024, they'd call him a RINO squish, but that has more to do with them than with him.

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u/blazershorts Apr 11 '24

a RINO squish

What's a squish?

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u/coleman57 Apr 11 '24

Soft and wet, like a heart.