The Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act also worked to obtain similar results. When the newly founded Republican Party (the first real anti-slavery party) won its first election in 1860 with Abraham Lincoln, the South feared that the government would infringe on its rights and interests, which led to secession, and then the Civil War.
It might be said George W. Bush did not win the popular vote in the 2000 Presidential elections. In fact, he won the election for a very small difference with the previous president Bill Clinton. He was accused of modification in the electoral process, it was a very controversial election as regards votes in Florida state, because it showed Clinton with more popular votes than Bush.
India was referred to as the jewel in the imperial crown
The no-Nothing party became successful for a brief period because of its views on immigration and citizenship
