[Politics fact 1] The Ocoee massacre was a white mob attack on African-American residents in northern Ocoee, Florida, which occurred in 1920 on the day of the U.S. presidential election. Over 50 to 60 African Americans were killed when one African American man attempted to vote.
[Politics fact 2] During the 1832 presidential election, Former American senator Henry Clay won Maryland by just 4 votes or 0.01%. This record for the smallest margin of victory was only beaten by Florida in 2000.
[Politics fact 3] In 2009, a Californian politician named Michael D. Duvall accidentally left his microphone on during a meeting break and was caught graphically boasting about two different affairs he was having. He resigned less than 15 hours after the story broke.
[Politics fact 4] Clint Eastwood was mayor of a tiny city, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California in the 1980s. He ran because he wanted to lift a ban on public ice cream sales. He flew home from movie sets for weekly council meetings, wrote a column in the town paper, and a local hotel changed their slogan to “make my stay.”
[Politics fact 5] There's a basketball court above the Supreme Court. It's known as the Highest Court in the Land.
[Politics fact 6] There's a basketball court above the Supreme Court. It's known as the Highest Court in the Land.
[Politics fact 7] The Russian Empire spent 2.5 million rubles influencing the election for Poland's last king (Stanislaw August Poniatowski) in 1763.
[Politics fact 8] When astronauts vote from space, they list their address as "low-Earth orbit" in their absentee ballots.
[Politics fact 9] The Shankill Butchers were a Protestant gang from Belfast who murdered at least 23 people for being Catholic. They earned their name for mutilating the bodies of their victims.
[Politics fact 10] In 1988, a US Senator invoked an obscure rule to allow the Sergeant-at-Arms to arrest absent Senators and bring them into the chamber for a vote. One Senator named Robert Packwood attempted to escape but was caught and carried feet-first into the Senate chamber by three officers.
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