1876: Hayes (R) Tilden (D): Small State make a president(1)
| Electors | Total Vote | Electors per 100,000 votes | Hayes | Tilden | % | |
| Colorado | 3 | 0 | NA | 0 | 0 | |
| Nevada | 3 | 19,691 | 15 | 10,383 | 9,308 | 53% |
| Rhode Island | 4 | 26,499 | 15 | 15,787 | 10,712 | 60% |
| Oregon | 3 | 29,873 | 10 | 15,207 | 14,157 | 52% |
| Florida | 4 | 46,776 | 9 | 23,849 | 22,927 | 51% |
| Vermont | 5 | 64,460 | 8 | 44,092 | 20,254 | 69% |
| TOTAL | 22 | 187,299 | 12 | 109,318 | 77,358 | 59% |
| For Comparison | ||||||
| Ohio | 22 | 658,650 | 3 | 330,698 | 323,182 | 51% |
Winning six states with 22 Electoral votes gives Hayes the election. He needed three times as many popular votes to win the same number of electoral votes in Ohio. The small states gave him an almost 200,00 votes boost in popular votes.