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Closest state results

The narrowest statewide margins in presidential elections.

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#StateYearWinnerRunner-upMargin (pts)Margin (votes)
1 Maryland 1832 Henry Clay Andrew Jackson 0.01 4
2 Florida 2000 George W. Bush Albert Gore, Jr. 0.01 537
3 California 1912 Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson 0.03 174
4 California 1892 Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison 0.05 124
5 New Hampshire 1916 Woodrow Wilson Charles E. Hughes 0.06 56
6 Hawaii 1960 John F. Kennedy Richard M. Nixon 0.06 115
7 Kentucky 1896 William McKinley William Jennings Bryan 0.06 277
8 New Mexico 2000 Albert Gore, Jr. George W. Bush 0.06 366
9 Kentucky 1952 Adlai Stevenson Dwight D. Eisenhower 0.07 700
10 California 1880 Winfield S. Hancock James A. Garfield 0.09 144
11 Missouri 1908 William Howard Taft William Jennings Bryan 0.09 629
12 New York 1884 Grover Cleveland James G. Blaine 0.09 1,047
13 Tennessee 1844 Henry Clay James K. Polk 0.10 123
14 Minnesota 1916 Charles E. Hughes Woodrow Wilson 0.10 389
15 Pennsylvania 1840 William Henry Harrison Martin Van Buren 0.12 351
16 Ohio 1892 Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland 0.13 1,072
17 Missouri 2008 John McCain Barack Obama 0.13 3,903
18 Massachusetts 1980 Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter 0.15 3,829
19 Oregon 1976 Gerald R. Ford Jimmy Carter 0.17 1,713
20 Minnesota 1984 Walter Mondale Ronald Reagan 0.18 3,761
21 Virginia 1860 John Bell John C. Breckinridge 0.19 322
22 Illinois 1960 John F. Kennedy Richard M. Nixon 0.19 8,858
23 Delaware 1852 Franklin Pierce Winfield Scott 0.20 25
24 South Dakota 1896 William Jennings Bryan William McKinley 0.22 185
25 Connecticut 1888 Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison 0.22 336
26 Missouri 1956 Adlai Stevenson Dwight D. Eisenhower 0.22 3,984
27 Wisconsin 2000 Albert Gore, Jr. George W. Bush 0.22 5,708
28 Michigan 2016 Donald J. Trump Hillary Clinton 0.22 10,704
29 Ohio 1948 Harry S Truman Thomas E. Dewey 0.24 7,107
30 Georgia 2020 Joseph R. Biden Donald J. Trump 0.24 11,779
31 Missouri 1860 Stephen Douglas John Bell 0.26 429
32 Tennessee 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson 0.27 2,437
33 Ohio 1976 Jimmy Carter Gerald R. Ford 0.27 11,116
34 Tennessee 1980 Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter 0.29 4,710
35 Iowa 2000 Albert Gore, Jr. George W. Bush 0.31 4,144
36 Arizona 2020 Joseph R. Biden Donald J. Trump 0.31 10,457
37 West Virginia 1888 Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison 0.32 506
38 Michigan 1940 Wendell L. Willkie Franklin D. Roosevelt 0.33 6,926
39 North Carolina 2008 Barack Obama John McCain 0.33 14,177
40 California 1916 Woodrow Wilson Charles E. Hughes 0.34 3,420
41 New Hampshire 2016 Hillary Clinton Donald J. Trump 0.37 2,736
42 Ohio 1944 Thomas E. Dewey Franklin D. Roosevelt 0.37 11,530
43 Wisconsin 2004 John Kerry George W. Bush 0.38 11,384
44 Indiana 1888 Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland 0.44 2,376
45 Kentucky 1920 James M. Cox Warren G. Harding 0.44 4,017
46 Oregon 2000 Albert Gore, Jr. George W. Bush 0.44 6,765
47 California 1948 Harry S Truman Thomas E. Dewey 0.44 17,865
48 Maine 1840 William Henry Harrison Martin Van Buren 0.45 422
49 California 1868 Ulysses S. Grant Horatio Seymour 0.48 520
50 South Carolina 1876 Rutherford B. Hayes Samuel Tilden 0.49 889
51 Maryland 1828 John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson 0.51 232
52 Missouri 1960 John F. Kennedy Richard M. Nixon 0.52 9,980
53 Virginia 1888 Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison 0.53 1,605
54 California 1860 Abraham Lincoln Stephen Douglas 0.55 657
55 California 1960 Richard M. Nixon John F. Kennedy 0.55 35,623
56 Georgia 1992 William J. Clinton George H. W. Bush 0.59 13,714
57 Rhode Island 1928 Alfred E. Smith Herbert Hoover 0.61 1,451
58 Arkansas 1980 Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter 0.61 5,123
59 Tennessee 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson 0.62 5,781
60 Wisconsin 2020 Joseph R. Biden Donald J. Trump 0.63 20,682
61 Iowa 2004 George W. Bush John Kerry 0.67 10,059
62 Maryland 1860 John C. Breckinridge John Bell 0.68 636
63 Maryland 1872 Horace Greeley Ulysses S. Grant 0.69 927
64 Pennsylvania 2016 Donald J. Trump Hillary Clinton 0.72 44,292
65 Oregon 1868 Horatio Seymour Ulysses S. Grant 0.74 164
66 New Mexico 1960 John F. Kennedy Richard M. Nixon 0.74 2,294
67 New Jersey 1832 Andrew Jackson Henry Clay 0.75 360
68 Wisconsin 2016 Donald J. Trump Hillary Clinton 0.76 22,748
69 New Mexico 2004 George W. Bush John Kerry 0.79 5,988
70 North Carolina 1992 George H. W. Bush William J. Clinton 0.79 20,619
71 Indiana 1948 Thomas E. Dewey Harry S Truman 0.80 13,248
72 New Jersey 1960 John F. Kennedy Richard M. Nixon 0.80 22,091
73 New Jersey 1880 Winfield S. Hancock James A. Garfield 0.82 2,010
74 Michigan 1884 James G. Blaine Grover Cleveland 0.82 3,308
75 Maine 1976 Gerald R. Ford Jimmy Carter 0.84 4,041
76 Illinois 1948 Harry S Truman Thomas E. Dewey 0.84 33,612
77 Wisconsin 2024 Donald J. Trump Kamala Harris 0.86 29,397
78 Florida 2012 Barack Obama Mitt Romney 0.88 74,309
79 New York 1864 Abraham Lincoln George McClellan 0.92 6,749
80 North Carolina 1852 Franklin Pierce Winfield Scott 0.94 745
81 Connecticut 1884 Grover Cleveland James G. Blaine 0.94 1,288
82 West Virginia 1916 Charles E. Hughes Woodrow Wilson 0.94 2,721
83 Kentucky 1996 William J. Clinton Robert Dole 0.96 13,331
84 Oregon 1860 Abraham Lincoln John C. Breckinridge 0.97 154
85 Indiana 1916 Charles E. Hughes Woodrow Wilson 0.97 6,942
86 Virginia 1872 Ulysses S. Grant Horace Greeley 0.98 1,816
87 Arizona 1964 Barry Goldwater Lyndon B. Johnson 0.99 4,782
88 New York 1948 Thomas E. Dewey Harry S Truman 0.99 60,959
89 Iowa 1976 Gerald R. Ford Jimmy Carter 1.01 12,932
90 Nevada 1996 William J. Clinton Robert Dole 1.02 4,730
91 Michigan 1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt Thomas E. Dewey 1.02 22,476
92 Indiana 2008 Barack Obama John McCain 1.03 28,391
93 New Jersey 1836 William Henry Harrison Martin Van Buren 1.05 545
94 Idaho 1912 Woodrow Wilson William Howard Taft 1.05 1,111
95 New York 1844 James K. Polk Henry Clay 1.05 5,106
96 New Jersey 1844 Henry Clay James K. Polk 1.08 823
97 New York 1888 Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland 1.09 14,373
98 Massachusetts 1928 Alfred E. Smith Herbert Hoover 1.09 17,192
99 Alabama 1848 Lewis Cass Zachary Taylor 1.12 691
100 Colorado 1908 William Jennings Bryan William Howard Taft 1.12 2,951

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