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Lincoln's Vote in a Civil War
Slavery drove a wedge through the democratic party in 18 60. Delegates from the cotton states of the deep south stormed out of the convention. Their absence prevented stephen douglas from mustering the necessary two thirds vote. So going into june, the republicans had their nominee, but the democrats were still divided. The southern democrats settled on their own nominee, kentucky moderate john c breckenridge. Meanwhile, border state politicians formed the constitutional union party and nominated wealthy tennessee slaveholder john bell. It was a campaign between lincoln and douglas in the north, and bell and breckenridges in the south. When the votes were counted
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