8/3/2019 Closest PREZ State Races - By Cycle

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Closest race of each presidential cycle, both by raw vote and also by percentage (often, they are one and the same)

Year State Margin (raw vote) Margin (%) Winner Notes

2008 MO 3,903 0.13% McCain Announced after 14 days, closest race since 1908, but nota record breaker. Second closest race in MO history.

2004 NM 5,988 0.79% Bush 43 3rd closest race in NM history

2004 WI 11,384 0.38% Kerry 2nd

closest in WI history. The 2 closest are back to back:2000 and 2004. WI and MD the only two states in theUnion to have this happen.

2000 NM 366 0.06% Gore Closest race ever in NM history

2000 FL 537 0.01%(0.0090%)see: 1832

Bush 43 Closest in FL history: resolved after 36 days. Closest raceby margin percent since the inclusion of the GOP in theElectoral College in 1856.

1996 NV 4,730 1.02% Clinton Closest win in NV history, breaking the record from 1908.

1996 KY 13,331 0.96% Clinton Closest race in KY since 1952, fourth closest in the historyof the commonwealth.

1992 NH 6,556 1.22% Clinton Closest race in NH since 1916, 2nd closest overall.

1988 VT 8,556 3.52% Bush 41 Narrowest GOP win in VT since 19121984 MN 3,761 0.18% Reagan Closest race in MN since 1916, 2nd closest overall.

1980 MA 3,829 0.15% Reagan Closest race ever in MA history

1976 OR 1,713 0.17% Ford Closest race ever in OR history, breaking the record from1868

1972 AK 22,382 23.51% Nixon Smallest raw vote margin in 1972, still a blowout win forNixon.

1972 MN 95,923 5.51% Nixon Largest raw vote margin in history for the narrowest statewin in a GE.

1968 AK 2,189 2.64% Nixon ---

1968 MO 20,488 1.13% Nixon ---

1964 AZ 4,782 0.99% Goldwater ---

1960 HI 115 0.06% Kennedy First and closest election in HI. Miscalled for Nixon,retracted, called for Kennedy.

1956 MO 3,984 0.22% Stevenson ---

1952 KY 700 0.07% Stevenson Closest win in KY since 1896, 2nd closest overall.

1948 DE 1,775 1.28% Dewey Margin percent is the closest win in DE history, but the raw-vote margin is the record setter for 1948.

1948 OH 7,107 0.24% Truman Second closest win in OH after 1892.

1944 WY 2,502 2.47% Dewey Second closest winin WY history.

1944 OH 11,530 0.37% Dewey Third closest win in OH after 1892, 1944.

1940 WY 6,654 5.93% FDR ---

1940 MI 6,926 0.33% Willkie Margin percent, closest race in MI history.

1936 NH 3,818 1.75% FDR The shift from party 1932-1936 closely parallels 2000-2004.

1932 DE 2,754 2.44% Hoover ---

1932 CT 6,788 1.14% FDR Leanest win since 1888, third closest win overall.

1928 RI 1,451 0.61% Smith Closest win in RI history, both in raw votes and marginpercent.

1924 NV 1,474 5.48% Coolidge ---

1924 ND 5,009 2.52% Coolidge 2nd closest win in ND history, after 1916

1920 KY 4,017 0.44% Cox ---

1916 NH 56 0.06% Wilson Closest win in NH history, both in raw vote and in marginpercent.

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8/3/2019 Closest PREZ State Races - By Cycle

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1912 CA 174 0.03% T. Roosevelt Closest win in CA history in margin percent. 3rd party win.

1908 MD 605 0.25% Taft 2nd closest in WI history. The 2 closest are back to back:1904 and 1908. WI and MD the only two states in theUnion to have this happen.

1908 MO 629 0.09% Taft Closest win in MO history by margin percent.

1904 MD 51 0.02% T. Roosevelt Closest win in MD history, both in raw vote and in margin

percent. See also: 19081900 ID 2,216 3.83% Bryan ---

1900 KY 7,994 1.71% Bryan ---

1896 SD 183 0.22% Bryan ---

1896 KY 277 0.06% McKinley Closest win in KY history, both in raw vote and in marginpercent.

1892 CA 147 0.05% Cleveland 2nd cloest race in CA history: see 1912.

1888 CT 336 0.22% Cleveland Closest win in CT history, both in raw vote and in marginpercent.

1884 NY 1,149 0.10% Cleveland Closest win in NY history, both in raw vote and in marginpercent.

1880 CA 144 0.09% Hancock Closest win in CA history in raw vote margin.

1876 SC 889 0.49% Hayes Closest win in SC history, both in raw vote and in marginpercent. Nationally, the first electoral backfire: ElectionReturns in OR, FL, SC, and LA were disputed.

1872 DE 924 4.23% Grant ---

1872 MD 927 0.69% Greeley ---

1868 OR 164 0.74% Seymour Closest win in OR history, both in raw vote and in marginpercent.

1868 CA 520 0.48% Grant ---

1864 DE 612 3.62% McClellan ---

1864 NY 6,749 0.92% Lincoln ---

1860 VA 156 0.09% Bell Closest win in VA history, both in raw vote and in marginpercent. 4th party win.

1856 LA 1,455 3.39% Buchanan Closest win in LA history in raw vote margin, secondclosest in percent margin.

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1852 DE 25 0.20% Pierce Leanest raw vote margin for any state in the history of theunion.

1848 MI 634 1.21% Cass

1848 AL 691 1.12% Cass

1844 TN 123 0.10% Clay Closest win in TN history but pre-GOP, both in raw vote

and in margin percent.

1840 PA 334 0.12% Harrison

1836 RI 254 4.48% Van Buren

1836 NJ 545 1.05 Harrison

1832 MD 4 0.01%(0.00143%)see: 2000

Clay Technically, the closest race ever in the history of theUnion, both in raw vote and in margin, just beating out FL2000, but pre-GOP.

1828 MD 232 0.51% Adams ---

1824 MD 109 0.33% Adams ---

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