The subtraction of my vote for Randolph breaks the tie.
1964 Presidential Election
Senator Barry Goldwater (American-Arizona)/ Governor Margaret Chase Smith (American-Maine): 271 Electoral Votes; 50.9% popular votesChief Justice A. Phillip Randolph (People's-Florida)/ Governor Matthew Welsh (People's-Indiana): 267 Electoral Votes; 49.1% popular votesIn one of the closest elections on record, Senator Barry Goldwater narrowly bested Chief Justice A. Phillip Randolph, returning the American Party to power eight years after the scandals of the Bricker Administration gave rise to the presidency of Estes Kefauver. Randolph, the first black man to run for the presidency as the candidate of a major political party, would loose the election by less than 2% of the popular vote nationally.
Just a suggestion, but I'd like to see shades (>40%, >50% etc) in future electoral maps. It would be interesting to know where the strongholds and swing states are.
I can't promise I'll do this for every election, but here you are:
Illinois, Indiana, and Pennsylvania were all decided by extremely slim margins (>1,000 votes), with Randolph drawing support from urban centers in all three. Goldwater's conservatism likewise allowed Randolph to make inroads to New England, with Massachusetts voting Populist for the first time since 1948. Conversely, Randolph lost votes in socially conservative states like Indiana and Iowa, where rural voters were alarmed by some of Randolph's more radical social views.