I guess EACH vote counts

[Lev]

Some interesting facts:


* In May 1765, Patrick Henry introduced his famous anti-stamp tax resolution to the Virginia House of Burgesses. One of the greatest patriots of the American Revolution, Patrick Henry denounced England's policy of taxation without representation. His resolution was the first step toward America's independence, and the Virginia Assembly adopted the resolution that day-by just one vote!

* In the presidential race of 1824, there were three major candidates, but none gained the electoral college majority needed to win. The final decision had to be made in the US House of Representatives. The House, voting by states, required a clear majority (13 of the then 24 states) to win. John Quincy Adams received 12 votes, seven for Andrew Jackson, and four voted for Robert Crawford. New York held the key vote but had to delay casting its ballot because its delegates were evenly divided between Adams and Jackson. In the end, one vote was switched to Adams, which gave him the one state vote he needed to become the sixth President of the United States.

* The purchase of Alaska from Russia was ratified in 1867 by just one vote.

* Texas was annexed to the Union in 1845 by just one vote in the US Congress. That same vote also resulted in the United States' acquisition of Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, California, and part of Colorado.

* In 1645, one vote gave Oliver Cromwell control of England.

* In 1868, Andrew Johnson was impeached by the House of Representatives for abusing his executive powers. He was tried in the US Senate, which found him not guilty--by one vote.

* In 1875, one vote changed France from a monarch to a republic.

* In 1876, one vote in the Electoral College gave Rutherford B. Hayes the Presidency of the United States.

* In 1923, one vote gave Adolf Hitler leadership of the Nazi party.

* In 1960, Richard Nixon lost the presidential election and John F. Kennedy won it by a margin of less than one vote per precinct.

* In 1968, Hubert Humphrey lost ? and Richard Nixon won ? the presidential election by a margin of fewer than three votes per precinct.

* In 2000, the U.S. Presidential election was decided by an extremely narrow margin. George W. Bush won the state of Florida by just 537 votes, making him the next President of the United States. Close to 6 million voters went to the polls in Florida. It might not have been one vote, but certainly every vote counted!

*In 2001, the Mayoral election in Melrose, Massachusetts was decided by one vote (Mayor Richard Lyons).

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yep