Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days 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-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-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@lemmy.world to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 days 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-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 days 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.