Campaign Trail Results: Game #681797
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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 % |
|---|---|---|---|
| ---- Stephen A. Douglas | 101 | 1,560,811 | 33.47 |
| ---- John C. Breckinridge | 94 | 949,769 | 20.36 |
| ---- Abraham Lincoln | 61 | 1,574,691 | 33.76 |
| ---- John Bell | 47 | 578,483 | 12.40 |
Answers:
- How should your party address the slavery issue during this campaign?We can support the idea of popular sovereignty, but that must include an acknowledgement that Kansas clearly desires to enter the Union as a free state.
- 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?Not at all. It would violate the norms of our times, and in any case we have a lead that we should preserve.
- How aggressively should your party attack the Northern Democrats and Stephen A. Douglas in this election?We can always point out a few inconsistencies with our opponents, but by and large the Republican platform is a winning platform. If we stick to it we will win in November.
- How aggressively should your party attack the Constitutional Unionists and John Bell in this election?This party has no discernible platform or political positions on any issue. They are the carcass of the pro-slavery wing of the Whig Party, masquerading as saviors of the Union.
- How aggressively should your party attack the Southern Democrats and John Breckenridge in this election?We will attack Southern Democrats the same as we would Northern Democrats. They represent the same ideas about slavery -- they differ only in their boldness about it.
- What should your party's position be on the raid of John Brown, late in 1859?Whatever our private feelings, we have no choice but to denounce such extralegal actions.
- 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?Our party rejected Seward because of his unpopularity in states like Illinois and Indiana. Let's wait until after the election before we extend the olive branch to him.
- 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?Our position on the railroad is clearly stated the platform. Our primary focus needs to be on halting the spread of slavery.
- How much should your party emphasize its support of a homestead act in this election?The core belief of our party is that the federal territories should be settled by honest, free, hard-working men and their families. A homestead act would be right in line with this philosophy.
- 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?I don't believe that blacks and whites will ever mix socially in this nation, but that cannot change the fact that blacks are citizens of this nation, and should be given the voting and property rights to match that status.
- 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?We oppose any effort to extend the current borders of the United States. They are plainly driven by the slave states.
- What is your position on the passage of “personal liberty laws” by various states, to flout the Fugitive Slave Act?Let's try to avoid this issue in our campaign statements and speeches. No good can come of it.
- 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'm open to some kind of compromise that would provide guarantees on slavery in the South, as long as it would not allow the extension of slavery to new states or territories.
- If any Southern state was to secede, would you use military force as President to preserve the Union?I doubt that things will come to that point, and we must not address this issue during our current campaign.
- 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.
- How much should your party emphasize its support of canals and infrastructure projects in this election?This is something we support, and we should emphasize that in our campaign this year. Anything we can do to broaden the debate beyond slavery is a good thing.
- Is there a particular state that you believe the party should concentrate its resources into during the final days of the campaign?New York
- 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.