In that election, Abraham Lincoln won less than the 50% of the popular vote, although that didn't count because he won the electoral vote. so if im thinking right on the question your answer would be B.won only forty percent of the popular vote.
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A general welfare clause is a section that appears in many constitutions and in some charters and statutes that allows that the governing body empowered by the document to enact laws to promote the general welfare of the people, which is sometimes worded as the public welfare.
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