COMPARISON OF SUCCESSFUL INCUMBENTS

Margin of popular-vote victory:

1936: Roosevelt -- 24%

1940: Roosevelt -- 10%

1944: Roosevelt -- 7.5%

1956: Eisenhower -- 15.5%

1964: Johnson -- 22%

1972: Nixon -- 23%

1984: Reagan -- 18%

1996: Clinton -- 8%

2004: Bush -- 3%



Electoral College margin:

1936: Roosevelt -- 523 - 8

1940: Roosevelt -- 449 - 82

1944: Roosevelt -- 432 - 9

1956: Eisenhower -- 457 - 73

1964: Johnson -- 486 - 52

1972: Nixon -- 520 - 17

1984: Reagan -- 525 - 13

1996: Clinton -- 379 - 159

2004: Bush -- 286 - 252, tops


Mandate my ass.

Don’t let anyone tell you we’ve now become Bush Nation.

(Sources: FDR, Ike, LBJ, Nixon, Reagan, Reagan, Clinton, Bush.)