They were, of course, but heavily-fought, hotly-contested presidential elections are nothing new. Arguably one of the worst was the Election ... two states do this: Maine and Nebraska. In 1824 ...

Before the election of 1824, the United States was at the tail end of the ... which chose the state’s presidential electors. In the others, legislators set the terms of the statewide or district ...

This wouldn’t be the first time the presidential election was a tight race: the United States has long featured ... popular vote by around 250,000. The 1824 election was the only election ...