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What I mean is, if a map like this happened: (183-72-48
With Bell second, Breckenridge third, and Douglas dead last in term of Electoral votes, would that have any meaning in the end results? Would Bell winning the Border States and Breckenridge only taking the Deep South (and Delaware) change the way some states might progress in deciding to secede or not? Would it have a big impact or not in the long run?