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morning. dapper. u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, always elegant. and white house editor for politico, sam stein. sam s here. also sharp. all right. i tell you, this is this issue, this abortion issue is turning into a remarkably politically potent issue for people who want a return to, well, where the united states was for about 50 years, where women had a right to make health care decisions and make choices about their own bodies. we ve seen in kansas, we ve seen in kentucky, we ve seen in one red state after another. we saw in a supreme court race in wisconsin landslide victories, all because republicans are taking extremist views. and we saw it last night in a state that has gone deep red,
which this out. look at this map, you can see the dramatic differencfr 1992 to 2016. where you see color, there is a landslide county. relatively few in 92, but the va majority of the country by 2016. and the 2016 presidential election was much closer than the 1992 race, and yet there were more blow out counties in 2016 with landslide victories. presidential approvals are emblematic of the divide i m describing. it s hard to imagine any candidate in the near future ever winning nationwide by a landslide, like reagan did in 84 or nixon in 72. the only american presidents to enjoy outsized approval, the bushes, both in the face of war or terror. papa bush in the first gulf war received a 72% approval rating,
in 1980, there were only 391 that were won by 20 or more points, a landslide. by 2020, that number had grown to 1,726. check this out. look at this map, you can see the dramatic difference from 1992 to 2016. where you see color, there is a landslide county. relatively few in 1992, but the vast majority of the country by 2016. and the 2016 presidential election was much closer than the 1992 race, and yet there were more blowout counties in 2016 with landslide victories. presidential approvals are emblematic of the divide i m describing. it s hard to imagine any candidate in the near future ever winning nationwide by a landslide, like reagan did in 84 or nixon in 72. the only american presidents to