Wednesday, November 11, 2020
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND ABSENCE OF LINCOLN ON SOUTHERN STATE BALLOTS GOT LINCOLN ELECTED
Lincoln won the second-lowest share of the popular vote among all winning presidential candidates in U.S. history.[nb 5]
The 1860 United States presidential election, Wikipedia
The 1860 United States presidential election, Wikipedia
One can say that it was discrepancies between white populations, brought on by white migration largely into northern states, over a long period of time, that further set off the sectional rivalry already set up around the distinction between northern industry and agriculture and southern plantation slavery.
Clearly these northern whites were racist, and taken together constituted the majority of electoral votes as well as the majority of popular votes.
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