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Malcolm J McKinney's avatar

For third party advocates:

The election of 1860

Check the map!

https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1860

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Thinker at the Gates's avatar

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.

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