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Which presidential election had the highest estimated voter turnout?

Which presidential election had the highest estimated voter turnout? Correct Answer 1876

In the presidential election of 1876, an estimated 82.6 percent of the voting-eligible population cast ballots, the highest estimated turnout figure in U.S. history. That year Gov. Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio (Republican) defeated Gov. Samuel Tilden of New York (Democrat) to win the presidency. The results of the election were not immediately clear, however, with both parties claiming victory in Louisiana, Florida, and South Carolina. The dispute was resolved in the Compromise of 1877, under which Hayes won the presidency in exchange for withdrawing federal troops from Southern states, bringing an end to the Reconstruction period.

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