# Landslide Elections **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [August 10, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landslide-elections/194128 "2003-08-10T02:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ikderk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8dc957/32.png) [@ikderk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ikderk)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landslide-elections/194128/1 "2003-08-10T02:09:00Z")
In reference to the Presidential Election Landslide question ([http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_135.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_135.html)), didn’t Washington have the biggest landslide of all? I remember hearing in history that he was voted President by unanimously. Is there a special condition that eliminates the Gather of our Country but allows all others to be in the running? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landslide-elections/194128/2 "2003-08-10T03:26:41Z")
Read the column more closely. It states that: 1. prior to 1824, popular vote totals are unavailable. Since both Washington’s elections were prior to 1824, there is no way to compare how big a landslide he had. 2. Washington got 100% of both electoral college votes. Thus it clearly states Washington is the winner on that count. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/landslide-elections/194128/3 "2003-08-10T20:46:16Z")
Remember also that most states did not appoint their presidential electors by popular vote until the mid-19th century or so.