Wow, didn't realize that Douglas had so few Electoral Votes with such a large vote count! I want to learn more about this. Can you imagine what would have happened if Lincoln didn't get the majority? Hard to think of a worse result than the Civil War, but throwing that election to the House at that time seems like it could have made things even more chaotic.
For third party advocates:
The election of 1860
Check the map!
https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1860
Wow, didn't realize that Douglas had so few Electoral Votes with such a large vote count! I want to learn more about this. Can you imagine what would have happened if Lincoln didn't get the majority? Hard to think of a worse result than the Civil War, but throwing that election to the House at that time seems like it could have made things even more chaotic.