Hairbreadth Elections

 
Year
Shift Needed
In what State(s) Outcome (If, Then)
1828
11,517
OH, KY, NY, LA, IN, Other Candidate Elected
1836
14,061
NY Electoral College Deadlock
1840
8,386
NY, PA, MA, NJ Other Candidate Elected
1844
2,555
NY Other Candidate Elected
1848
3,227
GA, MD, DE Other Candidate Elected
1856
17,427
IN, IL, DE Electoral College Deadlock
1860
18,050
CA, OR, IL, IN Electoral College Deadlock
 
25,069
NY Electoral College Deadlock
1864
38,111
NY PA, IN, WI, MD, CN, OR Other Candidate Elected
1868
29,862
PA, IN, NC, AL, CN, CA, NV Other Candidate Elected
1876
116
SC Other Candidate Elected
1880
10,517
NY Other Candidate Elected
1884
575
NY Other Candidate Elected
1888
7,189
NY Other Candidate Elected
1892
37,364
NY, IN, WS, NJ, CA Other Candidate Elected
1896
20,296
IN, KY, CA, WV, OR, DE Other Candidate Elected
1900
74,755
OH, IN, KS, NB, MD, UT,WY Other Candidate Elected
1908
75,041
OH, IN, KS, MT, MD, MO, WV, DE Other Candidate Elected
1916
1,983
CA Other Candidate Elected
1948
12,487
CA, OH Electoral College Deadlock
 
29,294
CA, OH, IL Other Candidate Elected
1960
8,971
IL, MO Electoral College Deadlock
 
11,424
IL, MO, NM, HA, NV Other Candidate Elected
1968
53,034
NK, MO, NH Electoral College Deadlock
1976
11,950
DL, OH Electoral College Deadlock
 
9,246
HA, OH Other Candidate Elected