The 5 Closest Presidential Elections in U.S. History

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Click this link to make some cash for giving your opinion! https://www.inflcr.co/SHKPn Thanks YouGov for sponsoring! 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. Check out Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020): https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Thanks for reading the description you lovable dork. This was produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Thanks as well to Ian Weaver for helping to edit this video. Check out his channel at @GeeksWelcomeYT. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), Bad Snacks, Jeremy Blake, and Slenderbeats. Every presidential election in American history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHbs9k8VDKA&list=PLHtE7NbaKRefBOp4I9e4NLY_1_d4Csf_w Related videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puP4HPMTH8M&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY-tGy5Nkds&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOBexY0RpaM&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odv3oqWIx8g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg6rygk9VDc&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Z3sbU43y4&t 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/ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768 #presidentialelection2024 #election #politicalhistory 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