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Secession, in U.S. history, the withdrawal of 11 slave states (states in which slaveholding was legal) from the Union during 1860–61 following the election of Abraham Lincoln as president. Secession precipitated the American Civil War.Aug 22, 2020
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There are democrats and republican parties from each state and the person running for president is trying to get for example the most democratic votes / republican votes depends what party they are running for