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I don't think the 14th Amendment existed in 1860.

• h2odragon 3y 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_presidential_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_United_States_presidentia...
  • dynisor 3y 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/false-claim-states-removed-lincoln-from-ballot-in-1860-fact-check/72121760007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/01/08/fal... [2] https://www.factcheck.org/2024/01/posts-distort-history-in-comparing-lincoln-with-efforts-to-disqualify-trump/ https://www.factcheck.org/2024/01/posts-distort-history-in-c...
  • bediger4000 3y ago
    Wait so popularity matters? What about the wisdom of the Electoral College?
    • halJordan 3y ago
      Congrats, now you know the whole "it's an anti democratic scam" is a thought terminating cliche that doesn't reflect reality.