An interactive and visual illustration showing how either candidate can win the Electoral College.

  • ThatOneKrazyKaptain@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Also Rutherford Hayes and Grover Cleveland. Note that the other two times this happened were during the late 1800s, an era of extreme political polarization, violence, and very very high turnout. High turnout in general is associated with closer outcomes. The highest turnout of the 1900s(and the only one with higher turnout since 1900 than 2020) was the 1960 election which was a mess.