The 5 Closest Presidential Elections in U.S. History

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Mr. Beat counts down the five closest presidential elections in American history. This is only his opinion, ok? If you disagree with his opinion, well...then you're nuts, man, because he's been, like, obsessed with this stuff since third grade. Just kidding, your opinion is probably more correct than his.

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Every presidential election in American history:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHbs9k8VDKA&list=PLHtE7NbaKRefBOp4I9e4NLY_1_d4Csf_w

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Here's an annotated script with footnotes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lq_6iPnVMBZd6LIqe8beZQLgszOPaLbjWnP4_yBEg5Q/edit?usp=sharing

Sources/further reading:
https://www.britannica.com/list/5-remarkably-close-us-presidential-elections
https://www.newsweek.com/closest-presidential-elections-us-history-1544481
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_popular_vote_margin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_by_Electoral_College_margin
1960 election: https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-drama-behind-president-kennedys-1960-election-win
https://emergingcivilwar.com/2020/11/05/hancocks-response-to-the-1880-election-results/
https://www.americanheritage.com/dirtiest-election
https://geekgr.com/2016/10/23/near-deadlock-the-6-us-presidential-elections-with-narrow-margins-of-victory-with-electoral-maps-and-how-it-happened/

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0:00 Introduction
0:50 Sponsor (YouGov)
1:38 Introduction again
2:48 The election of 1960
4:55 The election of 1884
5:53 The election of 1880
7:15 The election of 2000
9:01 The election of 1876
12:29 Recap and honorable mentions