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May. 20th, 2013 07:42 am( Two new books... )
A review in Foreign Affairs of David Remnick's new biography of Obama, The Bridge, refers to him as "the first Democratic presidential candidate to win a majority of the popular vote since Lyndon Johnson in 1964."
This is manifestly untrue. Jimmy Carter got over 50% of the popular vote in 1976. I know that no one in the world but me likes President Carter or thinks he was a good president, but in a year when no fewer than ten candidates received over 40,000 votes for president, Carter won not only the electoral vote, not only a plurality of the popular vote, but the majority of the popular vote.
Get it right, FA!
ETA: The review itself is still worth reading.
This is manifestly untrue. Jimmy Carter got over 50% of the popular vote in 1976. I know that no one in the world but me likes President Carter or thinks he was a good president, but in a year when no fewer than ten candidates received over 40,000 votes for president, Carter won not only the electoral vote, not only a plurality of the popular vote, but the majority of the popular vote.
Get it right, FA!
ETA: The review itself is still worth reading.
