Election Results Presidential Election History. The Election of 1824 Was the Closest in US. Was elected the 46th president of the United States.
They are indirect elections in which voters in each state cast ballots for a slate of electors of the US. Bold italic text indicates the winner of the election. Twenty-four years later the House again had to determine official results but this time for a presidential election.
1 In elections from 1789 to 1804 each elector voted for two individuals without indicating which was to be president and which was to be vice president.
Perhaps the 2020 election could be classified as one of the tightest races in American history with results not even determined more than 48. Electoral College who pledge to vote for a specific political partys nominee for President. As set forth in Article Two each state is allocated a number of. To the extent that a popular vote was held it was primarily directed to filling the office of Vice President.