Quiz: Landslides and Cliffhangers

November 11, 2009

Which of these presidents won the election by just one electoral vote?
1. Abraham Lincoln in 1860
2. Rutherford Hayes in 1876
3. John F. Kennedy in 1960
4. George W. Bush in 2000
Which of these elections was the closest in terms of the popular vote?
1. 1880
2. 1948
3. 1960
4. 2000
Which president won with 525 electoral votes, the most in history?
1. Franklin Roosevelt in 1936
2. Lyndon Johnson in 1964
3. Richard Nixon in 1972
4. Ronald Reagan in 1984
True or false: Harry Truman beat Thomas Dewey in the 1948 election by fewer than 50 electoral votes.
1. True
2. False
In 1820, who effectively ran unopposed, winning every state?
1. James Madison
2. James Monroe
3. John Quincy Adams
4. Andrew Jackson
Excluding D.C., what was the only state George McGovern won in 1972?
1. South Dakota
2. Arizona
3. Massachusetts
4. New York
True or false: Warren Harding's election in 1920 was hotly contested.
1. True
2. False
In 1964, Lyndon Johnson won the popular vote by how large a margin?
1. Less than 5 percent
2. Less than 10 percent
3. Less than 20 percent
4. More than 20 percent
Who was the last president to win an election despite winning fewer states than his opponent?
1. John F. Kennedy in 1960
2. Jimmy Carter in 1976
3. Bill Clinton in 1992
4. George W. Bush in 2000
Who won by a landslide only to lose by a landslide four years later?
1. Ulysses S. Grant
2. Grover Cleveland
3. Calvin Coolidge
4. Herbert Hoover