Question

In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln failed to:________

A. Win a majority of the electoral vote.
B. Won only forty percent of the popular vote.
C. Failed to win any Northern states.
D. Won fewer states than Stephen A. Douglas.

Answer 1

b

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Answer 2

B. Won only forty percent of the popular vote.

Step-by-step explanation:

Republican Abraham Lincoln won the Electoral College by a landslide with 180 votes on November 6, 1860, but he got less than the 40% of the popular vote. The Democratic Party went divided to the election over the issues of slavery and states´rights, and that factor contributed to its defeat.