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these are the five most lopsided presidential elections in US history by the Electoral College number five 1984 Ronald Reagan beat Walter Mondale 525 to13 Reagan had several great debate performances and Mondale admitting he would raise taxes didn't help his case number four 1936 Franklin D Roosevelt beat Al Landon 523 to8 FDR's new deal policies like Social Security and unemployment benefits were huge hits with the public in the midst of the Great Depression leading to a landslide win number three 1820 James Monroe W 231 to1 James Monroe ran unopposed as the Federalist Party failed to put forward a serious candidate the one point he lost came from a faithless elector number two 1788 the very first presidential election George Washington won 69 to0 back then electors would cast two votes with first and second place becoming President and Vice President respectively Washington received one vote from every elector giving him a unanimous Victory number one 1792 George Washington won 132 to0 the second ever election was another unanimous win for Washington but with more states in the union this time