William T. Sherman's capture of Atlanta during the Battle of Atlanta changed voters' minds about supporting Lincoln in the 1864 election. The battle happened on July 22, 1864.
He delivered the Emancipation Proclamation.
The capture of Atlanta helped Lincoln's campaign for re-election. Many people in the North had been upset with the long duration of the war. Sherman, however, showed that definite progress was being made toward victory. Union voters re-elected Lincoln in a landslide.
Voters voted based on the regions which they lived rather than based on values.
Because he did not get any southern voters and he did not believe in slavery (wich the souths echnomy was based upon).
it has made it easier to get a campaign message across to voters.
The Alien and Sedition Acts worked to suppress voters who did not agree with the Federalists. They effectively led to the election of Thomas Jefferson.
The biggest influence for many people seemed to be Lincoln's delivery of the Emancipation Proclamation. It decided many votes and demonstrated that Northern voters were against slavery. See more in the related link.
It was Stephen Douglas who pleaded with Southern voters to stay with the Union. In the 1860 presidential election, Douglas was the Democratic Party nominee.
On election day voters vote for their local representatives.
Lincoln won the presidential election in 1860 because the states were in disarray and divided. This allowed the Democrats to have the upper hand in the election.
Lincoln's re-election showed support for continuing the Civil War, rather than arranging a settlement with the Confederates.
a primary election in which voters are not required to declare party affiliation
A General Election allows voters to decide the next Government.
The turned to Abraham Lincoln, who had gained a national reputation during his earlier debates with Douglas
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The ordinary voters.
That is called an election.
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