In other words, which POTUS elections did the (a) general American public at the time see as all candidates being poor options, and (b) do current historians and political scientists generally agree as them having poor candidates?
In other words, which POTUS elections did the (a) general American public at the time see as all candidates being poor options, and (b) do current historians and political scientists generally agree as them having poor candidates?
Hayes vs Tilden had neither candidate winning a majority of electoral votes and the election was basically decided by backroom deals.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1876_United_States_presidential_election