Campaign Trail Results: Game #686495
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This Game:
- Year: 1860
- Player Candidate: Stephen A. Douglas
- Running Mate: Herschel Johnson
- Difficulty Level: Normal
- Winner Take All Mode?: Yes
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| Candidate | Electoral Votes | Popular Votes | Pop. Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|
| ---- Abraham Lincoln | 181 | 2,010,776 | 43.07 |
| ---- John Bell | 62 | 713,899 | 15.29 |
| ---- John C. Breckinridge | 58 | 910,473 | 19.50 |
| ---- Stephen A. Douglas | 2 | 1,033,919 | 22.14 |
Answers:
- How should your party address the slavery issue during this campaign?The threat of a Southern schism has forced our hand. We must accept the protection of slavery in federal territories, and protect the instution in future states like Kansas and New Mexico.
- What do you have to say about the merits of your running mate, Herschel Johnson?I'm proud to share a ballot with Herschel Vespasian Johnson of Georgia.
- To what extent do you plan to personally campaign in this election?Like most candidates, I will remain above the fray personally, and allow my supporters to stump on my behalf.
- How aggressively should your party attack the Republicans and Abraham Lincoln in this election?Lincoln and his party are abolitionists, whether they care to admit it or not. I don't believe a majority in the North would support them if this were fully understood.
- How aggressively should your party attack the Constitutional Unionists and John Bell in this election?We'll attack the Constitutional Union party the same as any other opponents.
- How aggressively should your party attack the Southern Democrats and John Breckenridge in this election?We've obviously had our falling out at the Convention this year, but we will eventually need to rebuild our party. Going on the attack in this case will only make things worse.
- What is your opinion on the formation of fusion tickets in the Northern states to consolidate the anti-Lincoln vote?I will never appear on a fusion ticket with Breckinridge, but I will take my name off the ballot in the slave states (barring Missouri, of course). Hopefully he and Bell will reciprocate in the north.
- Will you keep your name on the ballot in Oregon and California, even if doing so might divide the anti-Lincoln vote?No, I will not. I have a good chance of winning them and I need every vote I can get.
- What should your party's position be on the raid of John Brown, late in 1859?We will condemn the activity of any such self-styled revolutionaries. John Brown was a fanatic and a lunatic.
- Do you have any comment on the paramilitary “Wide Awake” clubs that have marched in support of Republicans?In our volatile environment, it is hardly helpful to have many thousand young men marching in pseudo-military garb, professing their support for the Republicans.
- Should your party continue its familiar attacks on the “black Republicans” as abolitionists and supporters of social and political equality for blacks?Of course we should. This is one of most effective attacks we have against the shenanigans of the Republicans.
- What position should your party take on the tariff question in this election?Let's moderate our stance on the tariff issue a bit, given the peculiar nature of this election. Even President Buchanan appears to be changing his views.
- How much should your party emphasize its support of a Transcontinental Railroad in this election?Perhaps as a compromise with the sentiment of the Deep South, we could accept a new position on this issue.
- How much should your party emphasize its support of a homestead act in this election?This has been a Democratic idea since the days of Andrew Jackson. We support it completely.
- What position should your party take on foreign immigration and nationalization in this election?We will attack the Republican embrace of immigration as opportunistic and disingenuous. It doesn't take a genius to figure out which party the Know Nothings joined.
- What is your position on the Supreme Court's Dred Scott v. Sandford decision?There's nothing in this decision which contradicts my own ideas on slavery. Slavery can hardly thrive in a territory where the residents oppose the practice, regardless of the Court's abstractions on the issue.
- Do you have anything to say about the efforts of some to reopen the Atlantic slave trade?This is the type of aggressive, expansive move by the Southern Democrats that led to the split in our party. Under no circumstances would I support the reopening of the Atlantic slave trade.
- Do you support the further expansion of the United States into Mexico, Cuba, or the Caribbean?My party and I support the acquisition of Cuba, and of other territories if possible.
- What is your position on the passage of “personal liberty laws” by various states, to flout the Fugitive Slave Act?These are the types of radical abolitionist measures which have caused so many problems in our politics. The federal law takes precedence.
- Would you support a compromise Amendment which permanently protected slavery in the Southern states, in return for no further expansion of the institution?Not really. I'm all for compromise between the sections, but how could we have a permanent Amendment to the Constitution? Couldn't we have another Amendment to amend that Amendment?
- If any Southern state was to secede, would you use military force as President to preserve the Union?If I am elected, this type of thing would not happen. This question has no relevance to events.
- Do you believe that a Republican victory would result in a flood of free blacks into Northern states and western territories?This is the logical conclusion of the Republican program, if they succeed in closing off slavery and slowly extinguishing it.
- Should the proposed constitution for the state of Kansas be accepted by Congress, and Kansas admitted as a free state?We've had too many competing votes and constitutions to make any determination about Kansas. We should not admit that state at this time, until there is more clarity.
- How much should your party emphasize its support of canals and infrastructure projects in this election?We are the Jacksonian Party, and there is no place in our platform for federal spending on such boondoggles.
- Is there a particular state that you would concentrate your efforts on during the final days of the campaign?I will concentrate on Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.