How did the split of the democratic party effect the outcome of the election in 1860?

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Nayrb · Answer 1 · 2018-11-08T02:45:03+0000

Because the Democratic vote was spread so thin, Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Douglas, Breckenridge, and Bell in the 1860 presidential election. The Democrats' split had defeated their own party.

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