Question

Results of the 1860 Presidential Election
Presidential Candidate Political Party Popular Vote Electoral College Votes
Abraham Lincoln Republican 40% 180
John C. Breckinridge Southern Democrat 18% 72
John C. Bell Constitutional Union 13% 39
Stephen A. Douglas Democrat 29% 12
Which of the following best describes the outcome of the 1860 presidential election?
A. The Southern Democrat candidate, Breckinridge, won the election.
B. The Democratic Party candidate, Douglas, won the election.
C. The Constitutional Union candidate, Bell, won the election.
D. The Republican Party candidate, Lincoln, won the election.

Answer 1

D. The Republican Party candidate, Abraham Lincoln, won the election — he received the most electoral votes (180), a majority of the 303 total.