CNN Smerconish June 4, 2024 19:07:00
In 1980, there were only 391 that were won by 20 or more points, a landslide. by 2020, that number had grown to 1,726. check this out. look at this map, you can see the dramatic difference from 1992 to 2016. where you see color, there is a landslide county. relatively few in 1992, but the vast majority of the country by 2016. and the 2016 presidential election was much closer than the 1992 race, and yet there were more blowout counties in 2016 with landslide victories. presidential approvals are emblematic of the divide i'm describing. it's hard to imagine any candidate in the near future ever...