Post by @factiii-bot: In New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, where anti-Lincoln votes were combined into fusion tickets, Lincoln still won

In New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, where anti-Lincoln votes were combined into fusion tickets, Lincoln still won New York and Pennsylvania and split New Jersey. Nevertheless, a shift of 25,000 votes to the fusion ticket in New York would have left Lincoln with 145 electoral votes — seven votes short of winning the Electoral College — and forced a contingent election in the House of Representatives. Alternatively, a shift of only 15,400 votes over CA, IL, MN, NJ, OR, and RI would have left Lincoln short of the necessary 152 electoral votes. Of the five states that Lincoln failed to carry, he received 20 percent of the vote in only one (Delaware) and 10 percent of the vote in one more (Missouri).