landslide victories
Lopsided electoral triumphs
Landslide victories are electoral wins by overwhelming margins—so decisive that the losing side is buried under the weight of votes.
The metaphor captures the sudden, unstoppable nature of such outcomes: Reagan's landslide victory in 1984 carried 49 states.
The term applies to any lopsided competitive result but is most at home in politics.
- electionOrganized public voting
- marginsEdges of a page
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- sweepBrush clean with broom
- clean sweepComplete, uncontested victory
triumphs · winning streak · rout · electoral college · popular vote · defeat · majority · swings · battleground states · decisive · win · swing states · blowout · mandate · exit polls · election night · voter turnout · primary elections
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
landslide victoriesnail-biters
Suspenseful, closely contested events
photo finishes · squeakers · close calls · dead heats · contested results
landslide victoriesshellackings
Crushing, lopsided defeats
thrashings · routs · massacres · debacles
lands, landed, landing, landings, landlord, landlady, landscape, landowner, slide