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To: section9; The Iguana; takenoprisoner
I suspect that Lincoln ran stronger in the South than is generally acknowledged.

Lincoln received 0, zero, none, not one, nada, nil individual, personal, or popular vote in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and South Carolina. In Virginia he received 1,887 votes (1.1% of Virginia's total), but they were from the northern part of the state (which became West "by God" Virginia after the war).

Imagine a President getting elected who gets not one vote in your region and you harbor strong feelings that he is about to circumvent the Constitution and trample on your rights. Just look at those who still claim Bush is an illegitimate President for not winning the popular vote. Imagine how they would feel had Bush not gotten an single popular vote in all the states of the Northeast, not one in California and none in Oregon and still won the election.

Here is the site with all the Presidential election results.

http://www.uselectionatlas.org/

96 posted on 02/17/2003 8:22:58 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty" not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: FreedomCalls
he is about to circumvent the Constitution and trample on your rights.

Yeah, I get all teary eyed when slave holders talk about their "rights" being trampled.

99 posted on 02/17/2003 8:26:48 PM PST by jlogajan
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To: FreedomCalls
Imagine a President getting elected who gets not one vote in your region and you harbor strong feelings that he is about to circumvent the Constitution and trample on your rights.

Lincoln's name wasn't on the ballot in most of the states you mention, and South Carolina didn't hold presidential elections at all.

163 posted on 02/20/2003 6:43:38 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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