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Note that in the following table, the election of 1824 is ranked closer than the election of 1800 because the election of 1800 resulted in a 2-way draw, while the election of 1824 resulted in a 3-way draw.
Rank Year Winner # of
Electors
(c) Votes Cast
for Winner
(w) Votes Cast
for Runner-Up
(r) Electoral Vote
Margin of
Victory
1. 1824
draw: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, William Crawford
261 99 84 0.000
2. 1800
draw: Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr
138 73 73 0.000
3. 1876
Rutherford B. Hayes
369 185 184 0.003
4. 2000
George W. Bush
538 271 266 0.009
5. 1796
John Adams
138 77 68 0.029
6. 1916
Woodrow Wilson
531 277 254 0.043
7. 2004
George W. Bush
538 286 251 0.063

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