Want to abolish the Electoral College? Maybe you didn't know...

that Abraham Lincoln received just 39% of the popular vote, but won the presidency by a landslide, thanks to the Electoral College.

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Xuan12 · 36-40, M

He actually won the popular vote, there were four candidates that year. Lincoln had 40%, Douglas had 30%, Breckinridge had 18%, and Bell had 13%. And yes, that's 101%, these figures are rounded is all.

Point is, Lincoln would have won anyway.