Question

What percentage of the popular vote did Abraham Lincoln get in the election of 1860?
55%
40%
60%
51%

Answer 1

I'm thinking 51% or 40%.

Answer 2

@TheSmartOne

Answer 3

From that link ^ Read the first paragraph...

"Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency. Lincoln received only 40 percent of the popular vote but handily defeated the three other candidates: Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Constitutional Union candidate John Bell, and Northern Democrat Stephen Douglas, a U.S. senator for Illinois."

Answer 4

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/abraham-lincoln-elected-president

Answer 5

@inowalst

Answer 6

Oh okay, so its 40%. Thank you both. @confluxepic and @TheSmartOne

Answer 7

You're welcome.