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** NOVEMBER 20, 2020
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While the final votes are being counted, President-elect Biden ([link removed]) will likely end up with approximately 51% or 52% of the popular vote for president this year.[1] ([link removed]) This marks the 9th consecutive presidential election where the winning candidate received 53% of the vote or less. In five of those nine elections, neither candidate won a majority of the popular vote.[2] ([link removed])

It is the longest such streak in American history and an interesting measure of how closely divided the nation is politically. The previous record was seven consecutive elections from 1876 to 1900.[2] ([link removed])

The current stretch stands in stark contrast to the early 20th century experience in America. From 1920 to 1956, the winning candidate topped 53% in nine out of 10 elections. In fact, the winner received at least 55% of the vote in seven out of those 10 elections.[2] ([link removed])

In between that period of relative consensus and the currently divided politics were eight elections beginning with John F. Kennedy’s ([link removed]) narrow win in 1960 to the first President Bush’s ([link removed]) election in 1988. In three of those eight elections, the winning candidate won at least 59% of the vote. Only twice did the winner fail to earn at least 50% of the vote.[2] ([link removed])
 
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