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Presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln won the state of Michigan during the 1860 presidential election. Lincoln won most of the Midwest and northern states.
The Presidential Candidate's main purpose in picking the Vice President is "balancing the ticket." To "balance the ticket" is to find a VP Candidate that deposits values into a Presidential campaign that will bring support from voters that were not previously inclined to vote for that candidate. In most every United States presidential election within the past 30 years, the presidential candidate chose a VP candidate with almost opposite views and beliefs so that they might hoard the votes.
In the presidential election of 1860 eleven of Southern States supported John Cabell Breckenridge, the former Vice President during Buchanan Administration.
Alaska is one of the most solid Republican states.
Abraham Lincoln was a member of the Republican Party. He was the first Republican to be elected President of the United States in 1860. The Republican Party was founded in the 1850s as an anti-slavery party, and Lincoln's election led to the Civil War and ultimately the abolition of slavery in the United States.
The Republican presidential candidate did poorly in the 1856 US presidential elections. John Fremont, the candidate was too radical for most Americans. Also, the party was simply too new to have an impact.
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Mitt Romney
White, male, older, and with higher income levels are more likely to support a Republican presidential candidate.
George W.Bush,the 2000 republican presidential candidate won the presidential election of 2000.
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas E. Dewey, former governor of New York. was the Republican candidate in 1948. He was not elected which fact surprised most of the experts.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
In the 2012 presidential election, Texas voted for the Republican candidate, Mitt Romney.
Newt Gingrich dropped out of the race and Willard Mitt Romney has been officially named the GOP candidate in the 2012 Presidential election at the Republican National Convention.