speaking about politics

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>However, the U.S. system can cause an unexpected results under rare

>circumstances -- although it has happened only once, about 100 years ago,

that

>the loser of the popular vote became president.

 

The closest elections in the popular vote, just for fun, were acording to

the information from the internet:

 

 

1880: Garfield 48.3%, Hancock 48.3%

(actual percentage: Garfield 48.27%, Hancock 48.25%)(.02% margin)

 

1884: Cleveland 48.5%, Blaine 48.2% (0.3% margin)

 

1844: Polk 49.5%, Clay 48.1% (1.4% margin)

 

1876: Tilden 51.0%, Hayes 48.0% (3.0% margin) (Tilden lost Electoral vote)

 

1888: Cleveland 48.6%, Harrison 47.8% (0.8% margin) (Cleveland lost

Electoral vote)

 

1892: Cleveland 46.1%, Harrison 43.0%, Weaver 8.5% (3.1% margin)

 

1916: Wilson 49.2%, Hughes 46.1% (3.1% margin)

 

1960: Kennedy 49.7%, Nixon 49.5% (0.2% margin)

 

1968: Nixon 43.4%, Humphrey 42.7%, Wallace 13.5% (0.7% margin)

 

1976: Carter 50.1%, Ford 48.0% (2.1% margin)