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In 1880, just 12 days before the election, there was a forged letter that was supposedly written by Garfield on the House of Reps stationary, after the republican sent out private investigators, it was proven to be a forgery, this letter did cost Garfield the votes of California, and he barely won.
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Upon WW2, FDR had a majority of the black votes, but after the segregation norm wasn't changed, it put a very bad look on him. Then after FDR left a station after a campaigning event, there was a violent outburst where one of the people involved was black.
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On October 31st, LBJ ordered a halt to all US bombing campaigns, 4 years later, there was a breakthrough regarding peace with North Vietnamese which accepted the American's terms.
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In 1980, more than 50 American citizens were held hostage, Reagan decided to campaign a promise to free the hostages but there was mounting suspicion that Carter had actually secured the hostages but was waiting on the announcement so it would look better for his campaign
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In 1992, Bush put a pardon out on Weinberger who was indicted due to his relation with the Iran Contra affair, this had a huge impact on Bush's reputation and put concerns on Bush's involvement.
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Days before the election, fox news shared a huge story about how George W Bush was arrested for drunk driving after a night of partying, because of this news, Gore won the popular vote in 2000 but lost the election in Florida due to a recount ordered by the Supreme court.
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Just 11 days before the election in 2026, James Comey an FBI director called a conference regarding Clinton's private email server, this huge outbreak caused Clinton to lose the election despite winning popular vote.