List Of Landslide Victories
In politics, a landslide victory (or landslide) is the victory of a candidate or political party by an overwhelming margin in an election. Just what margin is needed for a victory to be "in a landslide" has not been precisely defined, and has varied from time to time.
Read more about List Of Landslide Victories: Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand
Famous quotes containing the words list of, list, landslide and/or victories:
“Shea—they call him Scholar Jack—
Went down the list of the dead.
Officers, seamen, gunners, marines,
The crews of the gig and yawl,
The bearded man and the lad in his teens,
Carpenters, coal-passers—all.”
—Joseph I. C. Clarke (1846–1925)
“I made a list of things I have
to remember and a list
of things I want to forget,
but I see they are the same list.”
—Linda Pastan (b. 1932)
“Well, from what you tell me I should say that it was not only a landslide but a tidal wave and holocaust all rolled into one general cataclysm.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“And, “Better defeat almost,
If seen clear,
Than life’s victories of doubt
That need endless talk-talk
To make them out.””
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)