Sentence:  George W. Bush made a <WSD>clean sweep</WSD> of the region once the dust had cleared from the Florida debacle more than a month after the election, adding 124 votes from elsewhere for a scrape-by total of 271 votes to claim the nation's highest office. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A complete or overwhelming victory, especially one in which all or almost all possible electoral contests are won.