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the country before his election, was divided into two. the north and the south. that conflict that divided them was slavery. all the states in the north voted for Lincoln.

this won him the election

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The country was divided into multiple sections and were not at the time, a nation. Since the south disliked him because they thought he would ruin their way of life and they eventually would secede, the north was loyal to lincoln and they had a higher population of people. The north had majority vote towards the winning of lincolns election.

Lincoln won with less than 40% of the popular vote. His victories in various States earned him the Electoral College vote as a winner. There is a sound assumption that if the Democratic party had united behind one Democrat candidate, Lincoln would not have won the election.

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Because he won the Northern vote, and only 2 countries in the South.

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