Which two candidates for president lost in overwhelming landslides in part because they diverged too far from the middle of the ideological spectrum?

1. George McGovern

2. Barry Goldwater

Explanation:

George McGovern was a former US senator representing South Dakota. In 1972, he became the Democratic Party, presidential candidate. However, he lost the general election woefully in one of the widest landslides victories in United States election history, against Richard Nixon. The reason for his loss is attributed to being diverged too far from the middle of the ideological spectrum of the party.

Similarly, Barry Goldwater was a former US senator representing Arizona. In 1964, he became the Republican Party, presidential candidate. However, he lost the general election woefully against the Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson. One of the reasons for his loss is attributed to being diverged too far from the middle of the ideological spectrum of the party.

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the berlin blockade was an international crisis that arose from an attempt by the soviet union, in 1948–49, to force the western allied powers (the united states, the united kingdom, and france) to abandon their post-world war ii jurisdictions in west berlin. in march 1948 the allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of germany into a single economic unit. in protest, the soviet representative withdrew from the allied control council. coincident with the introduction of a new deutsche mark in west berlin (as throughout west germany), which the soviets regarded as a violation of agreements with the allies, the soviet occupation forces in eastern germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between berlin and the west. on june 24 the soviets announced that the four-power administration of berlin had ceased and that the allies no longer had any rights there.