stephen douglas, 29.5% of the vote. 12 electoral votes. now, john breckinridge, the southern democratic candidate, got 18.1% of the vote, but received 72 electoral votes. and john llthe constitutional union candidate, .6 39 electoral votes. here's the map as well of the breakdown of states. any surprises when you look at that map of which state voted for which candidate? i think the biggest surprise probably to people at the time was the shift from california. california had voted for buchanan in 1856 and then moved to lincoln in 1860. but it's a very it's a very tight election. lincoln only wins california by a little more than 700 votes. and california is going to continue to be a little bit of an issue for him because it is a very divided state. lincoln also only wins illinois by about 12,000 votes. he loses his home, his home county. he's he's a little nervous about illinois. so there are there are sort of shifts in the electorate that are a little bit nervous for him. one thing to also know about the way that politics works in this pe

stephen douglas, 29.5% of the vote. electoral votes. now, john breckinridge, the southern democratic candidate, got 18.1% of the vote, but received 72 electoral votes. and john bell, the constitutional union candidate, 12.6%. 39 electoral votes. here's the map as well of the breakdown of states. any surprises when you look at that map of which state voted for which candidate? i think the biggest surprise probably to people at the time was the shift from california. california had voted for buchanan in 1856 and then moved to lincoln in 1860. but it's a very it's a very tight election. lincoln only wins california by a little more than 700 votes. and california is going to continue to be a little bit of an issue for him because it is a very divided state. lincoln also only wins illinois by about 12,000 votes. he loses his home, his home county. he's he's a little nervous about illinois. so there are there are sort of shifts in the electorate that are a little bit nervous for him. one thing to also know about the way that politics works in

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