He won the presidential election by 4 votes
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1:00Now PlayingHe won the presidential election by 4 votes
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Henry Clay won an American presidential election by just 4 votes…
in Maryland.
Now, Andrew Jackson won the presidential election of 1832 OVERALL, but Clay’s 4-vote victory in Maryland is the smallest margin between two major party candidates in any state in any presidential election ever.
See? Every vote counts. But yeah actually every vote DOESN’T COUNT. Especially back then.
Why? Well because back then electoral votes weren’t awarded based on the popular vote. Sure, USUALLY whoever won the popular vote got all the state’s ELECTORAL VOTES, which are what REALLY count in presidential elections. Even though Clay won Maryland by just 4 votes, Maryland normally WOULD have awarded ALL 10 of its electoral votes to him, but it didn’t. Clay got just five, Jackson three, and two electors didn’t even cast votes! Phhh. I mean, whatever. It’s just the most important American election ever. Why would you need to cast votes in it?
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