The Election of 1812 was decided by only 7,650 votes. This of course being the election just a few months after Congress and President Madison had declared war on the United Kingdom.
The Federalist Candidate DeWitt Clinton, ran on a platform of securing a peace treaty with the British in the North while in the South he ran claiming that he wanted to more vigorously fight the war then the administration. As the Anti-War Candidate in some places, he secured the support of a lot of Dissident Democratic-Republicans, and thats what made him the Federalist who was closest to wining the election of 1800.
So anyway, what happens if Clinton Wins? Does he end the war like he said in the Federalist Base, or does he Continue the war like he promised in the Central and Southern States, who gave him the votes necessary to win the election.