Campaign Trail Results: Game #735103
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This Game:
- Year: 1860
- Player Candidate: Abraham Lincoln
- Running Mate: Hannibal Hamlin
- 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 | 105 | 1,543,438 | 32.87 |
| ---- John C. Breckinridge | 94 | 957,702 | 20.40 |
| ---- Abraham Lincoln | 57 | 1,610,100 | 34.29 |
| ---- John Bell | 47 | 584,485 | 12.45 |
Answers:
- How should your party address the slavery issue during this campaign?We must not allow the expansion of slavery into any new states or territories. We also must end outrages like the Fugitive Slave Law.
- 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 will not leave Springfield, but I will make several public speeches and pronouncements to make my positions clear.
- 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?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?Realistically, the Democratic split is fantastic news for us. Let's not galvanize the Southern block even further by attacking 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?I will personally visit New York to discuss the upcoming election with Seward, pending his acquiescence of course.
- 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?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?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?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?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?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?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?The Union is the most important object, and we will do anything we must to preserve it.
- 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.
- Do you have any comments on the Lemmon v. New York case which may be making its way to the Supreme Court?We don't know for sure if the Court will consider this case, and for now we ought to avoid making any statements on it.
- Is there a particular state that you believe the party should concentrate its resources into during the final days of the campaign?Ohio
- 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.