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Abraham Lincoln won, as competing candidates divided votes over slavery and regional interests.
Abraham Lincoln won, as competing candidates divided votes over slavery and regional interests.
Abraham Lincoln won, showing that voters favored the Union over regional interests.
Abraham Lincoln won, showing that voters favored the Union over regional interests.
John A. Breckinridge won, proving that the country wanted to allow slavery in the new territories.
John A. Breckinridge won, proving that the country wanted to allow slavery in the new territories.
John A. Breckinridge won, which showed that the country supported antislavery radicals.
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The main result of the election of 1860 was:
Abraham Lincoln won, as competing candidates divided votes over slavery and regional interests.
Lincoln's victory was largely due to the division of votes among multiple candidates, which highlighted the deep national divisions over the issue of slavery.
