Tied presidential elections
July 11th, 2008, by Andrew
Here’s a list of all the U.S. presidential elections that were decided by less than 1% of the vote:
1880
1884
1888
1960
1968
2000
Funny, huh? Other close ones were 1844 (decided by 1.5% of the vote), 1876 (3%), 1916 (3%), 1976 (2%), 2004 (2.5%).
Four straight close elections in the 1870s-80s, five close elections since 1960, and almost none at any other time.
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