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• The Republican domination of Presidential elections that George Will and others like to talk about is over.

Martin Winfree

November 7, 2012

I looked it up: The Republicans and the Democrats have now split evenly the elections from John Kennedy through Barack Obama – the score is 7 and 7. More interestingly still, the Republican and the Democrats also split evenly the elections before that – from Theodore Roosevelt through Dwight Eisenhower – and again, it is 7 and 7. It is necessary to go all the way back to William McKinley (who was elected in 1900) before you reach a period when Republicans have won a clear majority of these elections. The Republican domination of Presidential elections that George Will and others like to talk about is over.

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Amy Richardson Murray

Cool info Martin!

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