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Nate Silver, pollster and editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight, fact-checked former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway's claim Monday that Donald TrumpDonald TrumpRomney: 'Pretty sure' Trump would win 2024 GOP nomination if he ran for president Pence huddles with senior members of Republican Study Committee Trump says 'no doubt' Tiger Woods will be back after accident MORE won the presidency in a historic landslide.
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Lined up alongside the last 10 elections, Silver noted that Trump's win was "actually way below average for a winner's total," coming in with more electoral votes than just President George W. Bush.
Actually way below average for a winner's total:
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 28, 2016
1984—525
1980—489
1988—426
1996—379
1992—370
2008—365
2012—332
*2016—306*
2004—286
2000—271 https://t.co/C9z8I9jPYZ
306. Landslide. Blowout. Historic. https://t.co/ObYZDo8cBq
— Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) November 28, 2016
Conway, Trump's former campaign manager, tweeted that Trump's win was "Landslide. Blowout. Historic." earlier on Monday.
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