Don_Dickle to AskHistoriansEnglish • 2 months agoKeep hearing that this will be the closest race in American History. Were there ever close races where the media said the same thing?message-square2arrow-up15arrow-down12
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareKeep hearing that this will be the closest race in American History. Were there ever close races where the media said the same thing?Don_Dickle to AskHistoriansEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square2
minus-square@disguy_ovahealinkEnglish7•2 months agoIn recent history, the Bush/Gore election in 2000 was polled to be close, and ended up being decided by the Supreme Court. These are the top 5 closest elections in US history: https://www.britannica.com/list/5-remarkably-close-us-presidential-elections
minus-square@glimselinkEnglish3•2 months agoThe 2000 election is worth digging into because it was straight up stolen. Bush would have lost had Florida not forced counties to stop tallying votes early (and having a law that says NO votes will count unless they ALL were tallied). The story is scummy for even GOP standards.
In recent history, the Bush/Gore election in 2000 was polled to be close, and ended up being decided by the Supreme Court.
These are the top 5 closest elections in US history:
https://www.britannica.com/list/5-remarkably-close-us-presidential-elections
The 2000 election is worth digging into because it was straight up stolen. Bush would have lost had Florida not forced counties to stop tallying votes early (and having a law that says NO votes will count unless they ALL were tallied).
The story is scummy for even GOP standards.