[WhiskeyPapa]

His name did not appear on the ballot. Therefore he did not win any popular vote.

But you agree that Lincoln's position was more advanced than Douglas's, right?

Good for the voters of Illinois, right?

Walt

[GOPcapitalist]

But you agree that Lincoln's position was more advanced than Douglas's, right?

Which position? He took many contradictory ones during those debates.

Good for the voters of Illinois, right?

It all depends on which position. As a political leader for illinois independent of their issues, I do think Douglas was the better choice on the grounds that he was not a war mongering tyrant.