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18% is a huge margin when it comes to a yes or no question. The last US presidential election to have such a margin was Reagan's 2nd term almost 40 years ago, which was seen as a complete blow out.
Edit: Especially since another 5% votes to keep restricted, which is a 2nd option of not returning to business as normal. So I'd say it was more like a 23% margin, which is enormous.
Huh. I thought Reagan was a blowout because he won 49 out of 50 states.
Didn't know about restricted. I'd be willing to round that up to 1/4th.
Haha that's what I'm saying! An 18 point margin is so big that it results in 49/50 states in the electoral college. Saying it's too close to call is really disingenuous of that one mod.