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How did the split of the democratic party effect the outcome of the election in 1860?
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How did the split of the democratic party effect the outcome of the election in 1860?

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Because the Democratic vote was spread so thin, Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Douglas, Breckenridge, and Bell in the 1860 presidential election. The Democrats' split had defeated their own party.
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