The 5 Closest Presidential Elections in U.S. History

Click this link to make some cash for giving your opinion! https://www.inflcr.co/SHKPn Thanks YouGov for sponsoring! Mr. Beat counts down the five closest presidential elections in American history. This is only his opinion, ok? If you disagree with his opinion, well...then you're nuts, man, because he's been, like, obsessed with this stuff since third grade. Just kidding, your opinion is probably more correct than his. Check out Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2020): https://amzn.to/3aYiqwI Thanks for reading the description you lovable dork. This was produced by Matt Beat and Beat Productions, LLC. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Thanks as well to Ian Weaver for helping to edit this video. Check out his channel at ‪@GeeksWelcomeYT‬. Music by ‪@ElectricNeedleRoom‬(Mr. Beat's band), Bad Snacks, Jeremy Blake, and Slenderbeats. Every presidential election in American history:    • The American Presidential Election of 1788...   Related videos:    • The American Presidential Election of 1960      • The American Presidential Election of 1884      • The American Presidential Election of 1880      • The American Presidential Election of 2000      • How the Supreme Court Decided the 2000 Ele...      • The American Presidential Election of 1876   Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L... Sources/further reading: https://www.britannica.com/list/5-rem... https://www.newsweek.com/closest-pres... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... 1960 election: https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/t... https://emergingcivilwar.com/2020/11/... https://www.americanheritage.com/dirt... https://geekgr.com/2016/10/23/near-de... Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @iammrbeat   For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html    / iammrbeat   How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon:   / iammrbeat   Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On:   / thebeatgoeson   Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit:   / mrbeat   @beatmastermatt on Twitter:   / beatmastermatt   Facebook:   / iammrbeat   Instagram:   / iammrbeat   Beatcord:   / discord   TikTok:   / iammrbeat   Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/52723408... #presidentialelection2024 #election #politicalhistory 0:00 Introduction 0:50 Sponsor (YouGov) 1:38 Introduction again 2:48 The election of 1960 4:55 The election of 1884 5:53 The election of 1880 7:15 The election of 2000 9:01 The election of 1876 12:29 Recap and honorable mentions