Statistics for Election of 1876 Trivia

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Their party	Democratic	100%
Their home state	New York	100%
Their home state	New York	100%
Their home state	Ohio	100%
Number of electoral votes between the victor and their opponent	One	100%
Their party	Republican	100%
Victor	Rutherford B Hayes	100%
Opponent	Samuel Tilden	100%
Prominent modern senator who used this election as rationale for overturning the 2020 election	Ted Cruz	100%
	2000	80%
	2016	80%
Like most close elections, the victor was accused of _____ _____	Voter Fraud	80%
This is one of five elections where the winner lost the popular vote. Name the other 4	1824	60%
	1888	60%
State with the smallest margin (0.49)	South Carolina	60%
State in which this was their first election.	Colorado	40%
State with the largest margin (44.07)	Georgia	40%
Their running mate	Thomas Hendricks	40%
Their running mate	William Wheeler	40%
Their party	Green Back	20%
Third Place Candidate	Peter Cooper	20%
	Prohibition	20%
Other major third parties	American National	0%
Their running mate	Newton Booth	0%