'The last time a president won more than 45 states was in 1984, when Ronald Reagan drubbed Walter Mondale in every state except Fritz's home of Minnesota. But 1984 is an eon ago in political terms. And Trump is not Reagan,' writes CillizzaCNN
Which is some kind of prediction! But could it, you know, actually happen?Well, start here: In 2016, Trump won 30 states as well as Maine's second congressional district. Meaning he needed to get 14 or 15 more in order to make Mulvaney look like a genius.That's going to be VERY hard, for a few reasons.1) Trump won six states -- Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin -- that Barack Obama had won in 2012.
In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics. Click to subscribe! The obvious ones are the four closest states in 2016 that Hillary Clinton won: New Hampshire, Minnesota, Nevada and Maine. But even if you give Trump those four, he's only at 34 total states in 2020 -- 11 short of Mulvaney's prediction. Give Trump the three other states Clinton beat him by single digits and he still needs eight more states.On its face then, Mulvaney's claim is ludicrous.
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