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by dynisor 873 days ago
I don't think the 14th Amendment existed in 1860.
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h2odragon 873 days ago
it didn't.

There was still a successful effort to keep the popular Republican candidate off the ballots.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_United_States_presidentia...

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dynisor 873 days ago
The section you are talking about is marked as [citation needed]. So, I googled it and this[1] was one of the first results and it seems to disagree with that analysis. FactCheck.org[2] also looks like it agrees with the USA Today article.

[1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/01/08/fal... [2] https://www.factcheck.org/2024/01/posts-distort-history-in-c...

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bediger4000 873 days ago
Wait so popularity matters? What about the wisdom of the Electoral College?
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halJordan 873 days ago
Congrats, now you know the whole "it's an anti democratic scam" is a thought terminating cliche that doesn't reflect reality.
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