# Winner in 2016 was actually "did not vote"

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [April 29, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winner-in-2016-was-actually-did-not-vote/852831 "2020-04-29T18:26:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winner-in-2016-was-actually-did-not-vote/852831/5 "2020-04-30T20:28:11Z")

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/joking: It has come to my attention that many of you do not read all my posts. :mad:

> [@Opinion Poll: what downsides do you think restricting guns have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinion-poll-what-downsides-do-you-think-restricting-guns-have/848047/49):
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> Do you know which “candidate” has won almost every single Presidential election? I’m speaking of the candidate who beat Reagan in the 1984 “landslide.”
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> **Did.Not.Vote.** Did.Not.Vote even edged out LBJ (barely) in the 1964 landslide. American elections are not about changing people’s minds…

The last time that Did.Not.Vote lost a Presidential election was in 1904 when it was narrowly defeated by the very popular Teddy Roosevelt.

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