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[[File:ElectoralCollege1984.svg|thumb|right|300px|Here is an example of a landslide victory when 49 out of the 50 [[states]] gave the most votes to [[Ronald Reagan]], 1984]]
A '''landslide victory''' is when one candidate or political party in an [[election]] receives a lot more votes or seats than their opponent.
An example of a landslide victory is when [[Ronald Reagan]] won the [[United States presidential election, 1984|1984 United States presidential election]] by winning 49 out of the 50 states. Other examples include when [[Tony Blair]] and his [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] won the United Kingdom general elections of [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997]] and [[United Kingdom general election, 2001|2001]]<ref>Budge, Ian: "Election Research" (2011); Badie, Bertrand; Berg-Schlosser, Dirk; Morlino, Leonardo (editors), International Encyclopedia of Political Science, page 726–731, Los Angeles, Sage Publications, isbn 978-1-4129-5963-6</ref> and when [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] won the [[President of Mexico|presidency]] by nearly 13,000,000 votes in the [[Mexican general election, 2018|2018 Mexican general election]].
==References==
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==Other websites==
* [http://uspolitics.about.com/od/Electoral-College/a/How-Much-Is-A-Landslide.htm Landslide Definition in Politics]
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A '''landslide victory''' is when one candidate or political party in an [[election]] receives a lot more votes or seats than their opponent.
An example of a landslide victory is when [[Ronald Reagan]] won the [[United States presidential election, 1984|1984 United States presidential election]] by winning 49 out of the 50 states. Other examples include when [[Tony Blair]] and his [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] won the United Kingdom general elections of [[United Kingdom general election, 1997|1997]] and [[United Kingdom general election, 2001|2001]]<ref>Budge, Ian: "Election Research" (2011); Badie, Bertrand; Berg-Schlosser, Dirk; Morlino, Leonardo (editors), International Encyclopedia of Political Science, page 726–731, Los Angeles, Sage Publications, isbn 978-1-4129-5963-6</ref> and when [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] won the [[President of Mexico|presidency]] by nearly 13,000,000 votes in the [[Mexican general election, 2018|2018 Mexican general election]].
==References==
{{reflist}}
==Other websites==
* [http://uspolitics.about.com/od/Electoral-College/a/How-Much-Is-A-Landslide.htm Landslide Definition in Politics]
[[Category:Elections]]
{{politics-stub}}