> Q: When the votes were recounted in Florida, who won the 2000 presidential election? > A: Nobody can say for sure who might have won. A full, official recount of all votes statewide could have gone either way, but one was never conducted.
So, in the only recent instance where a single vote might have mattered in the outcome, our great US democracy didn't count it. If you are talking about actual votes for US President, you should look at what actually happens in the US Presidential election.
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Date: 2016-10-03 01:40 am (UTC)The most recent example when things came down to one close state was Florida in 2000.
What happened in that case?
http://www.factcheck.org/2008/01/the-florida-recount-of-2000/
> Q: When the votes were recounted in Florida, who won the 2000 presidential election?
> A: Nobody can say for sure who might have won. A full, official recount of all votes statewide could have gone either way, but one was never conducted.
So, in the only recent instance where a single vote might have mattered in the outcome, our great US democracy didn't count it. If you are talking about actual votes for US President, you should look at what actually happens in the US Presidential election.