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Election of 1844

Sen. Henry Clay / Gov. Millard Fillmore [Whig] 189 EV, 49.19% pv
Gov. James K. Polk / Sen. George M. Dallas [Dem] 86 EV, 48.11% pv
Mr. James G. Birney / Mr. Thomas Morris [Lib] 0 EV, 2.7% pv

Played as Clay/Fillmore on Normal and won in a squeaker. The trick seems to be to embrace Manifest Destiny early on, avoid taking a position on slavery whenever possible, and placate the North with protectionism and support for annexing Oregon. Did better than 99.1% of others playing as Clay.

Election of 1948

Pres. Harry S. Truman / Sen. Alben Barkley [DEM] 437 EV; 50.30% pv
Gov. Thomas Dewey / Gov. Earl Warren [REP] 56 EV; 44.07% pv
Gov. Strom Thurmond / Gov. Fielding L. Wright [DIX] 37 EV; 2.67% pv
Sec. Henry Wallace / Sen. Glen H. Taylor [PRO] 0 EV; 2.96% pv

Played as the Democratic ticket on Normal and did better than 99.6% of others with the same candidate and level.

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Does anyone else think this game vastly overestimates the likelihood of a candidate loosing the popular vote but winning the electoral vote?

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1948

Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley (Democratic) 361 electors, 49.3% votes
Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren (Republican) 142 electors, 44.9% votes
J. Strom Thurmond and Fielding L. Wright (Dixiecrat) 28 electors, 2.1% votes

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Much improved on the original!

2016 United States presidential election

Former Secretary of State Hillary Dianne Rodham Clinton (Democratic, New York) / Senator Elizabeth Anne Warren (Democratic, Massachusetts) 279 electoral votes, 49.2% popular votes
Mr. Donald John Trump (Republican, New York) / Governor Michael Richard Pence (Republican, Indiana) 259 electoral votes, 44.9% popular votes
Others (Various) 0 electoral votes, 5.9% popular votes

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1896 United States presidential election

Former Representative William Jennings Bryan (Democratic, Nebraska) / Senator Henry Moore Teller (Republican, Colorado) 259 electoral votes, 51.8% popular votes
Former Governor William McKinley (Republican, Ohio) / former State Senator Garret Augustus Hobart (Republican, New Jersey) 188 electoral votes, 47.2% popular votes
Senator John McAuley Palmer (National Democratic, Illinois) / former Governor Simon Bolivar Buckner (National Democratic, Kentucky) 0 electoral votes, 1.0% popular votes

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Ran as Lincoln/Hamlin on impossible.

1860 United States presidential election

Former Representative Abraham Lincoln (Republican, Illinois) / Senator Hannibal Hamlin (Republican, Maine) 160 electoral votes, 37.6% popular votes
Senator Stephen Arnold Douglas (Democratic, Illinois) / former Governor Herschel Vespasian Johnson (Democratic, Georgia) 29 electoral votes, 30.9% popular votes
Vice President John Cabell Breckinridge (Democratic, Kentucky) / Senator Joseph Lane (Democratic, Oregon) 90 electoral votes, 19.4% popular votes
Former Senator John Bell (Constitutional Union, Tennessee) / former Senator Edward Everett (Constitutional Union, Massachusetts) 24 electoral votes, 12.1% popular votes

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1916 United States presidential election