Dear Listers:

Can someone explain the following passage to me? It indicates that a
small majority won the election, but then it says that no state had a
majority in the November election?

"The vote of the seven southern states to secede was won by only a
narrow margin. Only 60-80% of the population voted. And in no state did
the Secessionists receive a vote large enough to have been a majority in
the November election."

Thanks for the explanation.

Regards,

Diana Kercheval Bennett

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