At least in the US, it's been gone since the Nixon era. I was too young to vote in Carter v. Reagan, but the hyperbole around his candidacy was amazing. I remem

At least in the US, it's been gone since the Nixon era. I was too young to vote in Carter v. Reagan, but the hyperbole around his candidacy was amazing. I remember my parents being freaked out when McGovern lost in 1972; it was the end of the world...