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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SW-User

A nice statistic, but he still won the popular vote. Douglas was 2nd with percentage of the popular vote total at 29.5%. The electoral college wasn't a factor.