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Has a Candidate Ever Lost Florida and Ohio but Won the Election?
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Has a Candidate Ever Lost Florida and Ohio but Won the Election?

Yes: John F. Kennedy.

Alec Dent
Dec 9, 2020
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In his latest tweet challenging the outcome of the election, President Donald Trump claimed that no presidential candidate has won both Ohio and Florida but still lost the election, as he did:

Twitter avatar for @realDonaldTrumpDonald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
No candidate has ever won both Florida and Ohio and lost. I won them both, by a lot! #SupremeCourt

December 9th 2020

32,911 Retweets180,506 Likes

Trump’s loss despite wins in Ohio and Florida is not without precedent, however: In 1960 John F. Kennedy lost both states to Richard Nixon but won the Electoral College 303-219.

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Patrick O'Rouke
Dec 9, 2020

Maybe someone can give him a fake medal for this or something and pat him on the head. He's really scraping the bottom of the barrel for his talking points.

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Ofir Barnea
Dec 10, 2020

Odd framing on this tidbit. It would be less confusing to compare like to like. Which is to say loser - loser or winner - winner. John Kennedy isn’t the answer to Trump. Better retort “ in @960 Nixon won OH and FL and still lost”

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