List of close United States presidential elections
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This is a list of close elections for President of the United States.
- United States presidential election, 1800 was close in that the House had to decide the winner. This election was so close that it caused the Twelfth Amendment.
- United States presidential election, 1824 was close in that Jackson won both the popular and the electoral vote, but did not get a majority. The House decided that Adams would be the president.
- United States presidential election, 1876 was close in that the winner of certain states was uncertain. They had to have an Electoral Commission decide the outcome three days before the inauguration. Although Tilden won the popular vote, the Commission ruled all the disputed states for Hayes, allowing him to win by one electoral vote.
- United States presidential election, 1880 Garfield won the election by 59 electoral votes and less than 7000 popular votes. Had Hancock won 10,500 more votes from Garfield in NY, he would have won by 11 EV.
- United States presidential election, 1884 Cleveland won because he won the state of NY. Had Blaine gotten 525 more votes from Cleveland in that state, he would have won. Cleveland won the PV by 30,000 votes.
- United States presidential election, 1888 Harrison lost the popular vote by 90,000 votes and won the electoral vote by 65 votes. Had Cleveland won 8,000 more votes from Harrison in NY, he would have won by 7 EV.
- United States presidential election, 1916 Wilson only won the election by 23 electoral votes and less than 500,000 popular votes.
- United States presidential election, 1960 Kennedy won by less than 100,000 popular votes and the states of Illinois and Texas.
- United States presidential election, 1976 Carter won the election with the states of Wisconsin and Ohio.
- United States presidential election, 2000 Gore won a plurality of popular, but lost Florida and the election to Bush by only 537 votes. Nader influenced Florida and New Hampshire for Bush.
- United States presidential election, 2004 Had Kerry won the state of Ohio, he would have won without the popular vote.
[edit] External links
- How close were Presidential Elections? - Michael Sheppard, Michigan State University
