Podgy the Bear
mollybecky
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« on: August 10, 2014, 11:14:48 AM » |
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If you look at the 1864 election returns on Wikipedia:
McClellan ran close in New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and New Hampshire and would have picked up 70 electoral votes if the national vote were 8 points closer (51-49), making it 142 to 91 in favor of Lincoln. Otherwise, it's hard to see how McClellan could have won the other states.
Lincoln ran significant margins in New England and the Midwest--effectively giving the Republicans an electoral vote lock. It's similar to 1860 (and becoming that way today) where even with less than 40 percent of the popular vote, it was almost impossible for Lincoln to lose the election because his vote was so heavily concentrated in the Northeast and Midwest.
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