Ranking of Lincolns 1860 Performance in the border states:
1. NJ 48.13%
2. DE 23.72%
3. MO 10.28%
4. WV 03.63%
5. MD 02.48%
6. KY 00.93%
^. VA 00.08%
WV wasnt a state in 1860
I separated the vote totals by 1868 state borders based on County data compiled by various sources to create this ranking.
Wow so WV swung massively then from 1860-1864 cause Lincoln won 68% of the vote there in 1864
Kind of hard to explain how voting was done back in that time, but outside of the Northern Panhandle, it would have been virtually impossible to obtain a ballot to vote for Lincoln in 1860 even if you wanted to. Of course, in 1864 if you were a Confederate in WV, you'd have a hard time voting at all.
