Who won Connecticut in the 1860 presidential election?

Lincoln (Republican) carried Connecticut in 1860, winning its 6 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Connecticut have in 1860?

Connecticut cast 6 electoral votes in the 1860 presidential election.

Did Connecticut vote for the national winner in 1860?

Yes. Connecticut backed Abraham Lincoln, who won the presidency that year.

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Connecticut: Lincoln carries 6 EV.

Connecticut cast its 6 electoral votes for Lincoln (Republican). National winner: Abraham Lincoln (Republican) — Connecticut voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Connecticut, 1860

In 1860, Connecticut awarded its 6 electoral votes to Lincoln of the Republican party. Connecticut ended up on the winning side — Abraham Lincoln captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Connecticut backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1856. Connecticut did not move alone — neighboring New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island broke the same way in 1860. Across the 60 presidential elections Connecticut has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (24 times). The vote fell within the Civil War — Lincoln, war, and Reconstruction begins.

In the national count, Abraham Lincoln took 180 of the 303 electoral votes, against John C. Breckinridge's 72. Abraham Lincoln led the national popular vote with 39.65% of the ballots cast.

The 1860 national map

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