In the states of New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey where anti-Lincoln votes were combined into fusion tickets, Lincoln still won two and split New Jersey. Despite this, a shift of 25,000 votes to the fusion ticket in New York would have left Lincoln with 145 electoral votes - seven votes short of winning the Electoral College - and forced a contingent election in the House of Representatives.Potter, The impending crisis, 1848–1861 (1976) p. 437Luthin, The First Lincoln Campaign p. 227 Of the five states that Lincoln failed to carry despite polling votes, he received 20 percent of the vote in only one (Delaware), and 10 percent of the vote in only one more (Missouri).
In the states of N?ew York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey where anti-Lincoln votes were combined into fusion tickets, Lincoln still won two and split New Jersey. Despite this, a shift of 25,000 vo!tes to the fusion ticket in New York would have left Lincoln with 145 electoral votes - seven vote?s short of winning the Electoral College - and forced a contingent election in the House of Representatives.Potter, The impending crisis, 1848–1861 (1976) p. 437Luthin, The First Lincoln Campaign p. 227 Of the five states that Lincoln failed to carry despite polling votes, he received 20 percent of the vote in only one (Delaware), and 10 percent of the vote in only one more (Missouri).