Craziest U.S Presidential Races of All Time

The Top Ten

1 Al Gore vs. George W Bush (2000)

2 John Quincy Adams vs. Andrew Jackson (1824)

3 John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson (1800)

4 Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton (2016)

5 Rutherford Hayes vs. Samuel Tilden (1876)

6 John Breckinridge vs. Abraham Lincoln (1860)

7 Harry Truman vs. Thomas Dewey (1948)

8 John F Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon (1960)

9 Barry Goldwater vs. Lyndon Johnson (1964)

10 Richard Nixon vs. George McGovern (1972)

The Contenders

11 Jimmy Carter vs. Ronald Reagan (1980)

Nothing "crazy" about it. Straight-up landslide of truly epic proportions. Victory of an Americanist over an incompetent.

12 Ronald Reagan vs. Walter Mondale (1984)

Not really much of a "race", more of a wipeout.

13 John Quincy Adams vs. Andrew Jackson (1828)

14 Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump (2020)

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