# Will there ever be a 45-state landslide victory again? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 9, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-a-45-state-landslide-victory-again/700881 "2014-10-09T17:20:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-a-45-state-landslide-victory-again/700881/21 "2014-10-10T16:03:15Z")
Bob, a 43 state landslide IS possible. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Joker_and_the_Thief)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-a-45-state-landslide-victory-again/700881/22 "2014-10-10T17:01:30Z")
Had John Edwards gotten the nomination in 2008, and the cheating scandal leaked a few weeks before the election, without time for the Dems to nominate a new candidate, I think a landslide of this sort would be possible. The same thing could happen now,if one of the candidates has a nasty scandal right before the election. Something like a racist remark in private or similar. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-a-45-state-landslide-victory-again/700881/23 "2014-10-10T17:09:00Z")
> [@The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](#): > > Had John Edwards gotten the nomination in 2008, and the cheating scandal leaked a few weeks before the election, without time for the Dems to nominate a new candidate, I think a landslide of this sort would be possible. The same thing could happen now,if one of the candidates has a nasty scandal right before the election. Something like a racist remark in private or similar. I doubt an Edwards cheating scandal would allow the Republicans to wrest that many blue states away from the Dems. And if Edwards’ opponent was McCain, McCain was not and is not a particularly appealing candidate. Maybe a narrow Republican win, but not beyond that. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-a-45-state-landslide-victory-again/700881/24 "2014-10-10T17:32:00Z")
A landslide would happen any time one party nominates a candidate considered too radical by the middle of the voting public, probably combined with a revelation of that radical committing some wrongful act. I’m not naming any names or parties since it could happen to either party. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-a-45-state-landslide-victory-again/700881/25 "2014-10-10T19:34:08Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](#): > > I think a landslide is possible, but will be due to catastrophic events. 1972 and 1984 were landslides without catastrophic events. (Or scandals, for that matter.) Add me to the camp of: yes, it will happen again, who knows when, and who knows which party it will be. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-a-45-state-landslide-victory-again/700881/26 "2014-10-10T20:04:28Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > One of these things is not like the others. Did you perhaps mean to say Wyoming instead of Montana? It would take either a very good year for Democrats or Schweitzer running, but Montana is definitely winnable. If that’s true, great, and I would substitute WY. I didn’t think MT was potentially in reach for any Dem. If I’m wrong, hooray. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-a-45-state-landslide-victory-again/700881/27 "2014-10-10T20:15:10Z")
11, 11, and 11 votes in the poll. My inner mathematician is happy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-a-45-state-landslide-victory-again/700881.md?page=1)