Campaign Trail Results: Game #727181
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This Game:
- Year: 1860
- Player Candidate: Abraham Lincoln
- Running Mate: Hannibal Hamlin
- Difficulty Level: Impossible
- 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 | 130 | 2,071,097 | 44.19 |
| ---- John C. Breckinridge | 94 | 1,165,656 | 24.87 |
| ---- John Bell | 56 | 626,033 | 13.36 |
| ---- Abraham Lincoln | 23 | 824,498 | 17.59 |
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, Hannibal Hamlin?I'm proud to share a ballot with Hannibal Hamlin of Maine.
- 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 has a following in several of the states that we must have this fall. We should reserve our harshest criticism for the Southern Democrats and their machinations.
- How aggressively should your party attack the Constitutional Unionists and John Bell in this election?Support for this party is confined to the South and border states, and we shouldn't waste our time in attacking them.
- 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?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?We might consider sacrificing on this issue if it would help appease the Deep South. I don't think we should mention it much in this campaign.
- 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?Let's discuss immigrants as little as possible in our campaign and platform. It's a no-win situation for us.
- What is your position on the Supreme Court's Dred Scott v. Sandford decision?We obviously cannot agree with this decision, but the Supreme Court lays down the law of the land, and we have little choice but to acquiesce.
- 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?I'm sure that these are just rumors and speculation. It would be irresponsible of me at this point to extend my obvious condemnation of this step.
- 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?The newer Fugitive Slave Law was the result of reasoned compromise in Congress. I may disagree with aspects of that Compromise, but I must accept it as a whole.
- Should the proposed constitution for the state of Kansas be accepted by Congress, and Kansas admitted as a free state?I am willing to wait until the emotions surrounding this issue can recede a bit. If that means delaying the admission of Kansas, I will reluctantly accept that.
- 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.
- Do you have a rebuttal for allegations that anti-slavery measures will result in a flood of free blacks into the Northern states and the territories?We don't stand for the abolition of slavery in the South, so the entire premise of this question is false. This is nothing that we need worry about.
- Is there a particular state that you believe the party should concentrate its resources into during the final days of the campaign?Illinois
- 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.