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Notes :
- The ^V1notations refers to notes in the red cell immediately below.
- The popular vote shown is for the Party Ticket. Popular Vote Results will vary among sources but will give a general idea of the percentage in relation to the other results.
- - - Amendment XII was enacted after the tie in 1800 - In 1804 the electors began voting for President and Vice President using separate ballots. This change ensured the Vice President would most likely be of the same party as the President.
- Beginning in 1848 all States hold the presidential election on the same day in November.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

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1860

1
2
3
4
5

Abraham Lincoln^V1
John C. Breckinridge
John Bell
Stephen A. Douglas
Other

Republican^V2
Southern Democratic^V3
Const. Union / Whig^V4
Northern Democratic^V5
(nominal parties)

180
72
39
12
0

1,865,908
848,019
590,901
1,380,202
531

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1
2
3
4
5

Hannibal Hamlin
Joseph Lane
Edward Everett
Herchel Vespasian Johnson
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Republican
Southern Democratic
Const. Union / Whig
Northern Democratic
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180
72
39
12
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Index

^V1	Lincoln garnered just 40% of the popular vote but won the electoral votes of 17states (all North) with an additional 4 electoral votes from New Jersey. Lincoln received a majority of the popular vote in 15 of the states he won. Lincoln won only two of the 996 counties of the South.
^V2	Because of its anti-slavery stance The Republican Party was virtually non-existent in many southern states. The Republican Party was not on the ballot in 9 states; Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. In South Carolina The legislature gave all the state's electoral votes to the Southern Democrat Party. The Republican Party's victory was the catalyst in South Carolina's decision to secede from the Union.
^V3	Breckenridge of the Southern Democratic Party won every slave state, except for Missouri.
^V4	The fusion of former staunch Whigs and Know-Nothings that were unable to support either the Republican or Democratic Party created the Constitutional Union Party. Though many had split from the Republican Party the votes they garnered had no effect on the outcome of the election.
^V5	Steven Arnold Douglas received the second most votes but won only Missouri with 3 electoral votes from New Jersey. Douglas was the first Presidential Candidate to take on a nationwide speaking tour.
*	The voter turnout rate was the highest on record at 81.2%, becoming second only to 1876 at 81.8%.

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