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Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
Yes, there was a high voter turnout. However, Bush did not win by a landslide. The voter turnout was for him, Kerry, Badnarik...
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He sure did not win by a landslide, and Republicans and Democrats are both using this to spin in their direction. Republicans like to cite how Bush got more votes than any president in American history. Democrats like to cite how more Americans voted against him than any in history. Both positions are hollow, but I would say that the Democrats position is even more vapid than the Republicans because of the way that they have spun such stats over the last decades. For example, when Reagan won the 1984 elections in a massive landslide, the low voter turnout was cited to diminish his mandate. In 1992, it was claimed that Clinton had a mandate - with 43% of the vote.