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He was winning the war. With victory in Atlanta, and the siege of Petersberg, Virginia (near Richmond), the Union was going to win the war, and President Abraham Lincoln was getting rid of slavery. General George McClellan, the Democratic nominee for President was a terrible, wimpy general, and he looked like the sort of leader who would give everything away in order to end the war, and might even support slavery. Almost nobody voted for McClellan, instead of President Lincoln.

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The reason for the victory of Abraham Lincoln in the presidential election in 1860 was largely due to the major split within the Democratic Party. Basically the Democrats had thee candidates running which clearly reduced any chance of defeating Lincoln.

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There was renewed hope that he could end the war.

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President Lincoln was reelected in 1864 by the popular vote. The Union trusted Lincoln and agreed with the war, they wanted him to see the war through.

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he would free the slaves

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