Campaign Trail Results: Game #1495207
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This Game:
- Year: 1860
- Player Candidate: Abraham Lincoln
- Running Mate: Salmon Chase
- Difficulty Level: Normal
- Winner Take All Mode?: Yes
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View overall results, or a specific state:
| Candidate | Electoral Votes | Popular Votes | Pop. Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|
| ---- John C. Breckinridge | 94 | 910,795 | 19.52 |
| ---- Abraham Lincoln | 84 | 1,683,535 | 36.07 |
| ---- Stephen A. Douglas | 69 | 1,487,408 | 31.87 |
| ---- John Bell | 56 | 585,257 | 12.54 |
Answers:
- How should your party address the slavery issue during this campaign?Our party must stand for the abolition of slavery in this country.
- What do you have to say about the merits of your running mate, Salmon Chase?I'm proud to share a ballot with Salmon Chase of Ohio.
- To what extent do you plan to personally campaign in this election?I made my reputation by debating Stephen A. Douglas. These extraordinary times call for extraordinary action by the candidates for President.
- How aggressively should your party attack the Northern Democrats and Stephen A. Douglas in this election?Douglas and his party are running on the failed, dishonest policy of popular sovereignty. I want the Republicans to point this out at every opportunity.
- How aggressively should your party attack the Constitutional Unionists and John Bell in this election?Maybe a couple of general statements against them, but overall we should avoid doing anything which might alienate former Whigs from joining the Republicans.
- How aggressively should your party attack the Southern Democrats and John Breckenridge in this election?The Southern Democrats are an easy target for attack. We can excite our core voters while risking little, if we denounce them.
- What should your party's position be on the raid of John Brown, late in 1859?Clearly what John Brown did was illegal, but without the obstructionism and provocation of the South on slavery, it would have never come to pass.
- Thousands of young men have formed paramilitary “Wide Awake” clubs and marched to support Republicans. Should your party embrace this support, or is it too divisive?Every party has political clubs and supporters. I'm proud that we have ours, and they will help drive us to victory in November.
- Do you have any plans to reach out to your chief rival for the Republican nomination, William Seward, and reconcile?We will send overtures to Mr. Seward and invite him to come visit us in Springfield. It's important to have a united party.
- How much should your party emphasize its support of higher tariffs in this election?Our position on higher tariffs is in the platform for everyone to read and discuss. We don't need to belabor the point.
- How much should your party emphasize its support of a Transcontinental Railroad in this election?Everybody wants a Transcontinental Railroad, and Republicans have supported this since the beginning.
- How much should your party emphasize its support of a homestead act in this election?Even the Northern Democrats support a homestead act. Let's stick to issues where we have a distinction to hammer on.
- What position should your party take on foreign immigration and nationalization in this election?We need to acknowledge the Know-Nothing point of view. Otherwise, they will bolt to this so-called Constitutional Union party.
- What is your position on the Supreme Court's Dred Scott v. Sandford decision?This is the most odious, dangerous decision to be handed down in the history of the Court. What is to prevent the Court from forcing slavery next upon the states themselves, under some dubious interpretation?
- What is your position on the social equality of blacks in American society?The idea that we support social equality for blacks in society is a canard put down the Democrats, in a clumsy and transparent attempt to score political points.
- Do you have anything to say about the efforts of some to reopen the Atlantic slave trade?The fact that this is even under consideration as a demand shows how far beyond compromise the South has drifted.
- Do you support the further expansion of the United States into Mexico, Cuba, or the Caribbean?I would have to see the specific situation being proposed before I could give my own opinion on the matter.
- What is your position on the passage of “personal liberty laws” by various states, to flout the Fugitive Slave Act?I support the personal liberty laws, and would favor a repeal or scaling back of the Fugitive Slave Law.
- Should the proposed constitution for the state of Kansas be accepted by Congress, and Kansas admitted as a free state?We support the admission of Kansas as a free state, as soon as possible.
- Would you support a compromise Amendment which permanently protected slavery in the Southern states, in return for no further expansion of the institution?I would not support any Amendment that irrevocably protects slavery in the South. We would have to see if a more narrow compromise was possible.
- If any Southern state was to secede, would you use military force as President to preserve the Union?The Union is the most important object, and we will do anything we must to preserve it.
- What is your position on the creation of land grant universities for secondary education?Yes, let's emphasize our support of this measure. We stand behind education and the expansion of opportunity.
- Do you stand by your opposition to the Mexican-American War as a Congressman in the 1840s?This is a dead letter and an ancient event. We could just as easily bring up Douglas's advocacy of the disastrous Kansas-Nebraska Act if we want to get into old history.
- Is there a particular state that you believe the party should concentrate its resources into during the final days of the campaign?Let's keep our efforts broadly focused on the North.
- We just need to let you know, it appears that your opponents have consolidated into a "fusion ticket" in the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.I see. We shall do our best in any case.
