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Which percentage of the popular vote did Lincoln win in the election of 1860? Lincoln received 39.8% of the popular vote and 59.4% of the
electoral vote. Lincoln received his electoral votes from 18 of the
33 states. He did not receive electoral votes from any southern
state. Lincoln was not on the ballot in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee and Texas. Why did Abraham Lincoln win the election of 1860? Yes. The elections that put Abraham Lincoln in his first term
were held in 1860. Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is elected by? Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is
elected by the electoral college.