If you think the current American political climate is contentious, then you need to take a step back and take a close look in American history.

The most controversial, divisive, and probably corrupt election in US history was the election of 1876. It's an event that has been

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slash curiosity stream or by clicking on the link in the show notes. People often have short memories. When they complain about modern day politics or

controversies, they often forget that we did fight a war between ourselves

which killed over three quarters of a

million people. It's very difficult to get worse than that. Moreover, the effects of

that war have reverberated for generations and many still affect us today.

I've done two previous episodes. for generations and many still affect us today.

I've done two previous episodes on presidential elections and what made them odd.

The first being the election of 1960, in which the outcome was never really in doubt, but the accounting

used to

calculate the popular boat in Alabama was really odd. The second being the

election of 1824 which had four different candidates from the same party who

all won at least three states, leaving no winner in either the

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