# Reagan Electoral History

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 12, 2002, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reagan-electoral-history/142342 "2002-12-12T22:05:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![BZ00000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reagan-electoral-history/142342/1 "2002-12-12T22:05:18Z")

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Did Reagan win the largest ELECTORAL Victory ever?

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**Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reagan-electoral-history/142342/2 "2002-12-12T22:16:16Z")

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yup

Reagan received 525 votes.

Franklin Roosevelt in 1936 received 523.

Richard Nixon in 1972 received 520.

Dwight D. Eisenhower received 457 in 1956.

And Lyndon Johnson received 486 in 1964.

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**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reagan-electoral-history/142342/3 "2002-12-13T06:12:21Z")

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On a _percentage_ basis, however, George Washington (100.0% in 1788 and 1792), James Monroe (99.6% in 1820), and Franklin D. Roosevelt (98.5% in 1936) all exceeded Reagan’s 1984 figure of 97.6%.