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Landslide Lyndon

name

Etymology

Sarcastic nickname from the fact that Lyndon B. Johnson's 1948 run to a be a Texas senator needed a runoff in order to be successful, which LBJ won by 87 votes over Coke Stevenson, in a state with a large population. After 1964, there were more sincere uses due to his 1964 United States presidential election landslide win over Barry Goldwater.

Definitions

  1. Lyndon B. Johnson.

    • Hence, […] quiet fence-mending on the part of “Landslide Lyndon”, as he is now known to his friends since his 87-vote margin over Stevenson in the Democratic primary.

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