With 62.24% of the popular vote, Maine would prove to be Lincoln's fourth strongest state in terms of popular vote percentage after Vermont, Minnesota and Massachusetts.[1]
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1860 United States presidential election in Maine[2]
1860, united, states, presidential, election, maine, main, article, 1860, united, states, presidential, election, took, place, november, 1860, part, 1860, united, states, presidential, election, voters, chose, eight, electors, electoral, college, voted, presid. Main article 1860 United States presidential election The 1860 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 2 1860 as part of the 1860 United States presidential election Voters chose eight electors of the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1860 United States presidential election in Maine 1856 November 2 1860 1864 Nominee Abraham Lincoln Stephen A Douglas John C BreckinridgeParty Republican Democratic Southern DemocraticHome state Illinois Illinois KentuckyRunning mate Hannibal Hamlin Herschel Vespasian Johnson Joseph LaneElectoral vote 8 0 0Popular vote 62 811 29 693 6 368Percentage 62 24 29 42 6 31 County Results Lincoln 50 60 60 70 70 80 President before electionJames BuchananDemocratic Elected President Abraham LincolnRepublicanMaine was won by Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln who won by a margin of 32 82 With 62 24 of the popular vote Maine would prove to be Lincoln s fourth strongest state in terms of popular vote percentage after Vermont Minnesota and Massachusetts 1 Results edit1860 United States presidential election in Maine 2 Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral voteCount Count Republican Abraham Lincoln of Illinois Hannibal Hamlin of Maine 62 811 62 24 8 100 00 Democratic Stephen A Douglas of Illinois Herschel Vespasian Johnson of Georgia 29 693 29 42 0 0 00 Southern Democratic John C Breckinridge of Kentucky Joseph Lane of Oregon 6 368 6 31 0 0 00 Constitutional Union John Bell of Tennessee Edward Everett of Massachusetts 2 046 2 03 0 0 00 Total 100 918 100 00 8 100 00 See also editUnited States presidential elections in MaineReferences edit 1860 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved March 5 2018 1860 Presidential General Election Results Maine U S Election Atlas Retrieved March 17 2015 nbsp nbsp This Maine elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1860 United States presidential election in Maine amp oldid 1173610939, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
