Disputed+Elections+in+American+Politics

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 * This page looks at contested or disputed elections in United States History**


 * See also Political Parties and Elections from AP American Government**

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===Electoral Decoderfrom PBS presents an historical overview of past elections with video and other resources===



History of Presidential Elections
===Presidential Election Results: 1789-2012===


 * 1824, 1876, 1888, 2000 and 2016 are the only elections where the popular vote winner lost the election. **

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 * Controversial Elections from FairVote **



2016 Presidential Election

 * Who Will Win the Presidency?** FiveThirtyEight blog 2016 Election Forecast


 * Who Will Be President? New York Times**


 * 2016 National Popular Vote Tracker, The Cook Political Report**


 * Russian Hackers Acted to Aid Trump in Election, U.S.Says, New York Times, December 9, 2016**

=2000: George W. Bush vs. Al Gore=




 * Election Summary**


 * Al Gore lost the electoral vote but beat George Bush in the popular vote.**

The contested aspect of this race focused on Florida. Due to numerous recounts, the results of the entire election remained unknown for more than a month.

Some of the confusion surrounded what was known as a "hanging chad" (pictured below). The Florida ballots were "punched" and polling officials were unsure how people intended to vote when tears appeared on the sheet.

All of this resulted in [|Bush vs. Gore], a Supreme Court decision, saying that the recount could not continue indefinitely and that the state was required to use the outcome at the time.

Bush v. Gore and the 2000 Presidential Election, Bill of Rights Institute

For more, see **United States History II.32**

=1888: Benjamin Harrison vs. Grover Cleveland=


 * Election Summary**

Benjamin Harrison: Campaigns and Elections, Miller Center, University of Virginia

Make Way for the Uncrowned King, a political cartoon from Harper's Weekly, August 18, 1888

=1876: Rutherford B. Hayes vs. Samuel Tilden=


 * Election Summary**

Hayes-Tilden Election, from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, PBS

The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876, Digital History

Disputed Election of 1876 from Rutherford B.Hayes Presidential Library. Includes FAQs, a photo gallery and acceptance and concession speeches by the candidates

Rutherford B.Hayes: Campaigns and Elections, from Miller Center, University of Virginia

The Disputed Election of 1876 from Colonial Williamsburg


 * [[image:rotating gif.gif width="66" height="66"]]For more, see United States History I.41**

=1824: John Quincy Adams vs. Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford and Henry Clay=


 * Election Summary**


 * Adams v. Jackson: The Election of 1824**, Gilder Lehman Institute of American History

John Quincy Adams: Campaigns and Elections, Miller Center, University of Virginia




 * The Election of 1824: John Quincy Adams, Bill of Rights Institute
 * See also, The Election is in the House from EDSITEment


 * [[image:primary_sources.PNG link="@https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/electoral-tally"]]Tally of the 1824 Electoral College Vote**, National Archives

=1800: Thomas Jefferson vs. Aaron Burr, John Adams, and Charles C. Pinckney=



Sources:

 * http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=2000