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The popular votes.

--The following is a rough statement of the popular vote, or popular majorities, for President of the United States at the recent election:

StatesLin'n.Breck.Doug.Bell.Fus'A.
Maine51 3986,64927 2621 758
N. Hamps'e37 4062 11225 963402
Vermont.33 8881 8898 748217
Massachu's108 7726,09438 8'921,831
R. Island12 2447 717
Connecticut.42 30814,88815 9421,4211,676
N. York.351 367313 641
N. Jersey.58 36661 801
Pennsylv'a270 17017 56012 755176 435
Delaware.3 8157 3371 0233 864
Maryland2 89542 5115 95341 785
Virginia (b)2,00072,72314 85573 147
N. Carolina.48 539270144 990
S.Carolina (c)30 000
Florida5 034882 97
Alabama.30 6538 92920 5 9
Mississippi.21 6242 35513 432
Louisiana 18 8846 47814 245
Texas8 5522 458
Arkansas10 00
Missouri (a)17,06330 35688 53058 018
Tennessee (d)63 31710 97067 650
Kentucky49 84926 06764,921
Ohio45 000
Indiana122 07421 812102 2165 157
Illinois172 5452 272160 5404 846
Michigan25 00
Wisconsin (e)20 068
Iowa46 01471134 812944
Minnesota1 000
California27 06820 63324 4224 692
Oregon
Total1 468.929556 56960 392505 018554,552

Total against Lincoln thus far2 224 531
for Lincoln1 46 929
majority against Lincoln thus far755 602

Total number of votes thus far. 3,793 460 which will be increased by the returns yet to come into about 4,500 000. Total votes at Presidential election in 1856 4 049 204.

Incomplete.

complete except Gosport, Cambridge and Wentworth's Location, which poll altogether about 50 votes.

  1. (a) Four counties to be heard from, which, at the August election, gave the Douglas and the Bell candidates an equal number of votes.
  2. (b.) Nine counties to be heard from.
  3. (c.) Chosen by the Legislature, unanimously.
  4. (d.) Complete except Scott county, all the other counties being official except five.
  5. (e.) In all the counties but four, which will not vary the result 100 votes.
  6. (f.) Not heard from.

The Daily Dispatch: November 27, 1860. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. November 27, 1860. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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