Which of the following statements are true about the 1860 presidential election? Lincoln won with only 40 percent of the popular vote. Seward was beaten out by Lincoln in the election. A splintered Republican Party gave Lincoln the win. Lincoln won without being on many Southern ballots.
Answer:
1. Lincoln won with only 40 percent of the popular vote.
2.Lincoln won without being on many Southern ballots.
Explanation:
In this presidential election, the vote counts showed that the result was regional. Lincoln had won the northern states, but this was not the case in the southern states. Results showed lincoln had only 40% of the national votes.
In the states that lay between north and south, Bell won in these, while Douglas, even with the second largest votes, only won in Missouri.
In the electoral college, Lincoln had 180 electors, he had the largest number of electors. So he was elected president of the United States
