Campaign Trail Results: Game #735115
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This Game:
- Year: 1860
- Player Candidate: Abraham Lincoln
- Running Mate: Salmon Chase
- Difficulty Level: Easy
- 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 | 96 | 1,609,508 | 34.58 |
| ---- John C. Breckinridge | 94 | 952,074 | 20.46 |
| ---- Abraham Lincoln | 57 | 1,490,760 | 32.03 |
| ---- John Bell | 56 | 601,490 | 12.92 |
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?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?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?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?Let's try to finesse this point. It is understandably concerning to the border states to see so many young men of the North marching in military formation, with a clear organization about them.
- 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 party supports a high tariff and I'm proud of that fact. We need to emphasize this point during our campaign.
- 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?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?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?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?We will absolutely not address this in our campaign. If it comes to this next year, then we can make a more specific determination at that point.
- 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 have any comments on the Lemmon v. New York case which may be making its way to the Supreme Court?If the Court rules that slaves can be brought into free states without consequence, then we will effectively have a slave nation on our hands. This is the type of Southern aggression that we must be ever-vigilant against.
- 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?This is a scare tactic in the first place, and in any case I have always supported the colonization of freed slaves back to Africa.
- 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.