pragmatic liberal
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« on: February 22, 2008, 02:25:49 PM » |
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To answer the question of the thread, it depends by which metric.
If it's the national popular vote, then 1880 was the closest election, both in terms of the percentage of the vote that separated the two candidates (~0.09%) and the raw vote (roughly 10,000 votes).
If the metric is the electoral college vote then the answer is 1876, which was decided by 1 electoral vote.
If the metric is the number of popular votes that could have swung the election, it's 2000, because a swing of only about 250 votes in Florida would have made Al Gore the president.
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