A county result
Licking County, presidential election of 1860
Licking County
47.06%Abraham Lincoln (R), the most votes7,442Votes counted for president
What this is
Licking County counted 7,442 votes for president across 3 candidates in 1860. The totals are as certified in the sources below, and every figure on this page is one of them.
The count, as certified
Every candidate on the ballot that year, in the order the count puts them.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Lincoln | Republican | 3,502 | 47.06% |
| Stephen A. Douglas | Democratic | 3,154 | 42.38% |
| Other | Other | 786 | 10.56% |
Turnout: None found in the records checked
This year in context
Worked out from the certified counts for Ohio and its counties. Lean is the Republican share minus the Democratic share.
- Ohio that year
- Ohio went to Abraham Lincoln (Republican) with 52.32%, a 10.0-point margin over Stephen A. Douglas. The country elected Abraham Lincoln.
- Against the state
- Licking County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was R+4.7 against Ohio's R+10.0: 5.3 points more Democratic than Ohio. It ranked 51st of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
- Since 1856
- From 1856 to 1860 the county's lean moved 9.7 points toward the Republicans, from D+5.0 to R+4.7.
- Matched
- Licking County voted with Ohio and voted for the national winner.
Every field this record holds
The entry as it is stored, field by field. Nothing here is computed.
Not yet researched
Where this appears
The pages and figures this entry is drawn in.
Sources
Where the numbers above came from, in the record's own order.
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 1860 United States presidential election in Ohio
- 1860 United States presidential election in Ohio · Wikipedia · 1860-11-06 · accessed 2026-09-18 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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