Actually yknow what, I looked things up
(Winners percentage on the left, loser on the right)
2024, trump v Harris: 49.8 to 48.3, margin of 1.5
2020, Biden v trump: 51.3 to 46.8, margin of 4.5
2016, trump v HRC: 46.1 to 48.2, margin of -2.1
2012, Obama v romney: 51.1 to 47.2, margin of 3.9
2008, Obama v McCain: 52.9 to 47.1, margin of 5.8
2004, bush v Kerry: 50.7 to 48.3, margin of 2.4
2000, bush v Gore: 47.9 to 48.4, margin of -0.5
1996, Clinton v dole (+ perot): 49.2 to 40.7, margin of 8.5, thanks perot
1992, Clinton v bush (+ perot): 43 to 37.5, margin of 5.5, thanks perot
1988 bush v Dukakis: 53.4 to 44.7, margin of 8.7
1984, regan v Mondale: 58.8 to 40.6, margin of 18.2 (ouch)
1980, regan v Carter: 50.7 to 41, margin of 9.7
1976, Carter v Ford: 50.1 to 48, margin of 2.1
1972, nixon v McGovern: 60.7 to 37.5, margin of 23.2 (ouch)
1968, nixon v Humphrey (+ wallace): 43.4 to 42.7, margin of 0.7, fuck you wallace
Discounting the years where the loser still won the popular vote (2000, 2016) and thus the greater percentage of votes, Harris 24 is the closest loss margin since NINTEEN-SIXTY-EIGHT!!
But that was a year with a major 3rd party choice so let's keep going shall we?
1964, Johnson v Goldwater: 61.1 to 38.5, margin of 22.6
1960, Kennedy v nixon: 49.72 to 49.55, margin of 0.17
So discounting the years with sizable 3rd parties and years where candidates won without the popular vote, Harris had the smallest margin of defeat since 1960, where nixon lost by only 0.17%
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