The+Elections


 * //The presidential election can be a really crazy thing for people. There are so many elections that are so close and then there are those that are so far apart and lopsided. It is kind of funny to see the dfference.//**

=**The closest election:**= In the election of 1980 there was a very close vote between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy. Richard Nixon had 49.6% of the vote. He lost because John F. Kennedy had 49.7% of the vote. He won by .1%. The other .7 % are votes that was for someone else.

=**The lopsided election:**= In the 1876 presidential election there was a huge difference during a presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tildon. Tildon won half a million more votes than Hayes. That is a HUGE difference. The big question is why Hayes actually won the election. Since there was such a big difference in the votes, the Electoral College did not agree with the election. They had t heir own little campaign. That is when Hayes won by one vote.