Douglas Defeats Lincoln in Ranked-Choice Voting Count

The citizens of the 33 states breathed a collective sigh of relief when the results of the 1860 presidential election were finally certified. In the third round of the new ranked-choice voting system, Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois was declared election winner by tallying nearly 2.5 million total votes, more than half of which came from voters' second and third choices. Because of the adoption of the 13th Amendment in 1859, two major changes were introduced to the presidential election pro

The citizens of the 33 states breathed a collective sigh of relief when the results of the 1860 presidential election were finally certified. In the third round of the new ranked-choice voting system, Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois was declared election winner by tallying nearly 2.5 million total votes, more than half of which came from voters' second and third choices. Because of the adoption of the 13th Amendment in 1859, two major changes were introduced to the presidential election pro…