Which of the following best describes the political scene for the election of 1860?
a. bell and breckinridge battled for southern votes
b. abraham lincoln was able to win the election without southern support
c. the democrats were split between the northern and southern democrats
d. each of these are true regarding the political scene in 1860

Each of the following are true regarding the political scene in 1860 where republican Abraham Lincoln defeated southern democrat Breckinridge, Douglas and Bell. The election split between northern and southern democrats was symbolic of the severe sectional split and most specially slavery. The competition in states were sectional battled with Douglas and Lincoln dominant in north and Breckinridge and Bell dueling for support in the southern part.