Question

What percentage of the electoral vote

did Lincoln receive?
O 49%
O 51%
O 59%
O 69%

Answer 1

What percentage of the electoral vote did Lincoln receive?

59%

Answer 2

59% Electoral Vote

Step-by-step explanation:

Abraham Lincoln, who won the 1860 presidential election, won by exactly 59.4% of the electoral vote. This is a percentage of the electoral vote as it was asked in question, while on the other hand the percentage of popular vote was 39.65%

In addition to Abraham Lincoln, those who participated in the elections that year were: John Breckenridge, John Bell, Stephen Douglas.