November 4, 2008 » Richard Nixon Foundation

November 4, 2008 » Richard Nixon Foundation | Blog

Barack Obama is the first non-Southern Democrat to win a majority of the popular vote since 1944. (In 1960, JFK got less than 50 percent in his race against the Old Man.) In fact, he is only the second non-Southern Democrat since 1828 to get more than 51 percent. ...