Duh, that’s the point.
re: “Duh, that’s the point.”
No, the so-called “point” was an irrelevancy. The “point” was that half the country didn’t VOTE for Lincoln in his re-election as though, somehow, that made his re-election illegitimate.
The “point” was irrelevant because the states that were in rebellion didn’t vote for or against Lincoln BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T PARTICIPATE in the election.
The equivalent would be like saying that Jefferson Davis didn’t receive any votes from half the country (the North) when he ran for election of the Confederate States of America.