zorkpolitics
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« on: December 13, 2004, 09:05:57 PM » |
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The 24 yr from 1876 to 1900 (after Grant until Roosevelt) was a period of very close elections in the popular vote, ranging from difference of -3% to +3%. It included the closest election in US history, 1880, (<0.1% separated the candidates) and included two 'wrong winners', when the winner in the Electoral College was second in the popular vote.
There are predictions that we may have entered a similar period which predicts more close elections in coming years.
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