TERM: Presidential Election of 1860 (scroll down for definition)

Definition for: Presidential Election of 1860

Lincoln wins the election without getting a majority of the popular vote. He received 40%. John Breckinridge, a Southern Democrat gets 29%. John Bell of the Constitutional Union party gets 18%, and Stephen Douglas, the Northern Democrat in the race received 13%. Lincoln still won the Electoral College vote with 180.

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