***That outsider in 1860 won!***
That outsider was not on the ballot in the Southern states. The Democratic vote was split between Douglas and Breckenridge. some went for Bell.
Had the Democrats run ONE candidate, and no Electoral College, Lincoln would be just a footnote in history, and blacks would have been on their knees to their Democrat overlords saying “Yassah, Nosah, any thang you say Massah!”
Instead Lincoln was elected, the Civil War fought, Slaves freed, and today free blacks are on their knees to their Democrat Masters saying..”Yassah, Nosah, any thang you say Massah!”
Oh wait! Something is wrong here!
You are incorrect. Lincoln won an absolute majority of the votes in enough states to win the election even had the Democrats run a single candidate. The only states that Lincoln won with less than 50% vote were California and Oregon.