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States with the Smallest Margin of Victory

State		EV	Total Vote	H	V	%Margin	Margin	Harrison	Van Buren	Other
1	PA	30	288,026	1	2	0.12%	334	50.00%	49.88%	0.12%
2	ME	10	92,802	1	2	0.45%	422	50.23%	49.77%	0.00%
3	VA	7	86,394	2	1	1.30%	1,120	49.35%	50.65%	0.00%
4	IL	5	93,175	2	1	2.00%	1,867	48.91%	50.92%	0.17%
5	NY	42	441,543	1	2	3.00%	13,268	51.18%	48.18%	0.64%
6	NJ	8	64,454	1	2	3.59%	2,317	51.74%	48.15%	0.11%
7	MI	3	44,350	1	2	4.14%	1,837	51.71%	47.57%	0.72%
8	MS	4	36,525	1	2	6.86%	2,505	53.43%	46.57%	0.00%
9	MD	10	62,280	1	2	7.67%	4,776	53.83%	46.17%	0.00%
10	OH	21	273,842	1	2	8.54%	23,375	54.10%	45.57%	0.33%

States with the Largest Margin of Victory

State		EV	Total Vote	H	V	%Margin	Margin	Harrison	Van Buren	Other
1	VT	15	50,773	1	2	28.43%	14,436	63.90%	35.47%	0.63%
2	KY	15	91,104	1	2	28.40%	25,872	64.20%	35.80%	0.00%
3	RI	4	8,621	1	2	22.93%	1,977	61.22%	38.29%	0.49%
4	LA	5	18,912	1	2	19.46%	3,680	59.73%	40.27%	0.00%
5	MA	14	126,825	1	2	16.16%	20,497	57.44%	41.28%	1.28%
6	NC	15	80,735	1	2	15.36%	12,399	57.68%	42.32%	0.00%
7	MO	4	52,923	2	1	13.26%	7,015	43.37%	56.63%	0.00%
8	AR	3	11,839	2	1	12.83%	1,519	43.58%	56.42%	0.00%
9	IN	9	116,906	1	2	11.72%	13,698	55.86%	44.14%	0.00%
10	GA	11	72,322	1	2	11.55%	8,356	55.78%	44.22%	0.00%

States with Highest Percent of Vote

Harrison		Van Buren		Birney
Kentucky	64.20%	Missouri	56.63%	New Hampshire	1.45%
Vermont	63.90%	Arkansas	56.42%	Massachusetts	1.28%
Rhode Island	61.22%	New Hampshire	54.66%	Michigan	0.72%
Louisiana	59.73%	Alabama	54.38%	New York	0.64%
North Carolina	57.68%	Illinois	50.92%	Vermont	0.63%

Write-ins		-
Delaware	0.12%	Alabama	0.00%
Alabama	0.00%	Arkansas	0.00%
Arkansas	0.00%	Connecticut	0.00%
Connecticut	0.00%	Delaware	0.00%
Georgia	0.00%	Georgia	0.00%

States with Lowest Percent of Vote

Harrison		Van Buren		Birney
Missouri	43.37%	Vermont	35.47%	Virginia	0.00%
Arkansas	43.58%	Kentucky	35.80%	Tennessee	0.00%
New Hampshire	43.88%	Rhode Island	38.29%	North Carolina	0.00%
Alabama	45.62%	Louisiana	40.27%	Missouri	0.00%
Illinois	48.91%	Massachusetts	41.28%	Mississippi	0.00%

State Ranks

Rank	Harrison	Van Buren
1	19	6
2	6	19

County Ranks

Rank	Harrison	Van Buren
1	19	6
2	6	19

Note: county data for 1840 is not yet comprehensive.

Counties with Highest Percent of Vote

Harrison		Van Buren		Birney
Woodford, KY	64.20%	St. Louis, MO	56.63%	Sullivan, NH	1.45%
Windsor, VT	63.90%	Yell, AR	56.42%	Worcester, MA	1.28%
Washington, RI	61.22%	Sullivan, NH	54.66%	Wexford, MI	0.72%
Winn, LA	59.73%	Winston, AL	54.38%	Yates, NY	0.64%
Yancey, NC	57.68%	Woodford, IL	50.92%	Windsor, VT	0.63%

Write-ins		-
Sussex, DE	0.12%	Autauga, AL	0.00%
Autauga, AL	0.00%	Baldwin, AL	0.00%
Baldwin, AL	0.00%	Barbour, AL	0.00%
Barbour, AL	0.00%	Bibb, AL	0.00%
Bibb, AL	0.00%	Blount, AL	0.00%

Counties with Lowest Percent of Vote

Harrison		Van Buren
Williamsburg, VA	0.00%	Williamsburg, VA	0.00%
Waynesboro, VA	0.00%	Waynesboro, VA	0.00%
Virginia Beach, VA	0.00%	Virginia Beach, VA	0.00%
Suffolk, VA	0.00%	Suffolk, VA	0.00%
Staunton, VA	0.00%	Staunton, VA	0.00%

Counties with Highest Number of Votes

Harrison		Van Buren		Birney
Yates, NY	226,001	Yates, NY	212,733	Yates, NY	2,809
Wyandot, OH	148,157	York, PA	143,676	Worcester, MA	1,618
York, PA	144,010	Wyandot, OH	124,782	Wyandot, OH	903
Worcester, MA	72,852	Worcester, MA	52,355	Sullivan, NH	872
Whitley, IN	65,302	Whitley, IN	51,604	York, PA	340

Write-ins		-
Sussex, DE	13	Autauga, AL	0
Autauga, AL	0	Baldwin, AL	0
Baldwin, AL	0	Barbour, AL	0
Barbour, AL	0	Bibb, AL	0
Bibb, AL	0	Blount, AL	0

Counties with Lowest Number of Votes

Harrison		Van Buren
Williamsburg, VA	0	Williamsburg, VA	0
Waynesboro, VA	0	Waynesboro, VA	0
Virginia Beach, VA	0	Virginia Beach, VA	0
Suffolk, VA	0	Suffolk, VA	0
Staunton, VA	0	Staunton, VA	0

Counties with Lowest Percent of Vote and Win

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Counties with Highest Percent of Vote and Lose

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