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Abraham Lincoln was first elected in 1860 with 40% of the popular vote.
Hence the correct option is b) 40 percent.
American presidential election occurred on November 6, 1860, in which Republican Abraham Lincoln beat Southern Democrats John C. Breckinridge and Stephen A. Douglas, as well as candidate for the Constitutional Union John Bell.
In the months after Lincoln's election (and before his inauguration in March 1861) seven Southern states, led by South Carolina on December 20, 1860, seceded, setting the stage for the American Civil War. The electoral split between Northern and Southern Democrats was symbolic of the severe sectional split, particularly over slavery.
With little under 40% of the popular vote, or 1,866,452 votes, and 180 electoral votes, the outcome of the 1860 election gave Lincoln a win in both the popular vote and the electoral vote.
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