Question

Which of following statements about the election of 1860 true ?

Answer 1

Lincoln won a majority of the electoral vote

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Answer 2

Lincoln won with only 40 percent of the popular vote.

Explanation:

• The candidates of four major political parties contested the Presidential elections of 1860.

• Stephen Douglas, the official candidate of the Northern Democratic Party was believed to be the toughest contender of Abraham Lincoln who was contesting the election on the ticket of the Republican Party.

• Though Lincoln won only 39.8 percent of the popular vote, the electoral votes that he won were way more than the combined total of electoral votes secured by the other three candidates.