Historians hypothesize that Abraham Lincoln would never have become our 16th president if a different voting method had been used. Four candidates were on the ballot in the 1860 election: Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, John Breckinridge, and John Bell. Lincoln won by a plurality, with 40% of the popular vote. He received no votes in seven southern states. By the time he was inaugurated, seven states had left the union and the Civil War was about to begin. Read about the 1860 election. Research the popularity of each candidate. Where did the support for each candidate come from? Suppose the approval method of voting had been used to elect the president instead. Using your research, create a table giving a possible scenario for votes cast using the approval method in the 1860 election. Under this method, who would have won the election and how might history have changed? Write a report to summarize your findings.
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