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The nominee who netted the most vote out of any single state is listed first; the overall national winner is in bold. If a state had the most electoral votes of any state at the time of the election, it is bolded. 1828 Andrew Jackson : Pennsylvania (28) (50,694) John Quincy Adams : Massachusetts (15) (23,817) 1832 Henry Clay : Kentucky (15) (36,249) Andrew Jackson : Tennessee (15) (26,731) 1836 Martin van Buren : New York (42) (28,247) Whigs : Tennessee (15) (9,857) (0.66%) 1840 William Henry Harrison : Kentucky (15) (25,872) Martin van Buren : Missouri (4) (7,015) 1844 Henry Clay : Massachusetts (12) (14,023) James Polk : Illinois (9) (12,941) 1848 Zachary Taylor : New York (36) (98,086) Lewis Cass : Ohio (23) (16,414) 1852 Franklin Pierce : New York (35) (27,201) Winfield Scott : Vermont (5) (9,129) 1856 James Buchanan : Pennsylvania (27) (83,400) John Frémont : New York (35) (80,126) 1860 Abraham Lincoln : Pennsylvania (27) (89,159) John Breckinridge : Texas (4) (32,110) Stephen...

Shortly before election day 2020, David H. Montgomery wrote , All told, Trump had 60 different counties [in Minnesota] where he won by fewer than 5,000 votes — small margins that added up to another 135,000 votes. While Trump racked up nearly 193,000 votes in the 18 counties where his victory margin was large [i.e. > 5,000 votes], Clinton had a lead of more than 237,000 votes from Hennepin County alone. Considering a > 5,000-vote margin 'large' is a sign of the trajectory the Republican Party has taken. Given that it has taken that trajectory, however, it is worth considering the size of the counties that Republicans have managed to squeeze > 5,000-vote margins out of. It is, for example, not saying all that much to say that Trump got a > 5,000-vote margin out of Delaware County, Ohio (which he did).  We could look specifically at counties that Republicans have won by over 5,000 votes out of fewer than 10,000 cast--which would mean they are both winning those cou...