2009-02-13 13:49:46
27. David S wrote:
Obama (52.9%) got a bigger percentage of the popular vote than Reagan (50.7%).
39. Peter asks: Where in the world did you get THAt made up fiction?
1980:
Reagan (R) 50.7% (489 electoral votes)
Carter (D) 41.0% (49 electoral votes)
Anderson (I)6.6%
Clark (L) 1.1%
2008:
Obama (D) 52.9% (365 electoral votes)
McCain (R) 45.66% (173 electoral votes)
I did not list candidates receiving less than 1% of the popular vote.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1980
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2008
