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Originally Posted by Citrus Dad
This statement is misleading. Based on the graphic, the respondents to the survey oppose the championsplit 62.5% to 37.5% (after removing the '"5s"). That's a pretty overwhelming landslide in opposition. I'm not sure if a presidential candidate has ever exceeded that in the popular vote. The decision looks to be deeply, deeply unpopular.
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That's actually a very interesting comparison.
Wikipedia tells me no; the highest popular vote take home was LBJ in '64 with 61.05%. This means that no US president since 1824* has had this level of a popular vote mandate.
Granted, even the US has better voter turn out than this. *First available data.