Campaign Trail Results: Game #829424
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This Game:
- Year: 1860
- Player Candidate: Abraham Lincoln
- Running Mate: Hannibal Hamlin
- 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 % |
|---|---|---|---|
| ---- Abraham Lincoln | 112 | 1,749,775 | 36.99 |
| ---- John C. Breckinridge | 75 | 908,081 | 19.20 |
| ---- Stephen A. Douglas | 68 | 1,470,137 | 31.08 |
| ---- John Bell | 48 | 602,816 | 12.74 |
Answers:
- How should your party address the slavery issue during this campaign?Our party must stand for the abolition of slavery in this country.
- 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?Douglas and his party are running on the failed, dishonest policy of popular sovereignty. I want the Republicans to point this out at every opportunity.
- How aggressively should your party attack the Constitutional Unionists and John Bell in this election?Maybe a couple of general statements against them, but overall we should avoid doing anything which might alienate former Whigs from joining the Republicans.
- 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?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?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?Germans are a key part of our new party and our vote in the Midwest. Let's express our support for the current naturalization laws.
- 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?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?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?I would not support any Amendment that irrevocably protects slavery in the South. We would have to see if a more narrow compromise was possible.
- 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?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.
- Is there a particular state that you believe the party should concentrate its resources into during the final days of the campaign?Let's keep our efforts broadly focused on the North.
- 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.