Deep Thought of the Day

If white women had been allowed to vote, George McClellan would have won the election of 1864. And not just because he's dreamy.

Consider the following:

• McClellan captured 45% of the popular vote.
• Lincoln carried Union soldiers by a 3:1 margin (at least).
• Therefore, male civilians were more likely to vote for McClellan than were soldiers.
• McClellan ran on a platform of immediate cessation of hostilities and negotiation with the South.
  
• By 1864, many women opposed the war and wanted their men home at any cost.
• Women, by definition civilians, would probably have voted like male civilians or, perhaps, even more pro-McClellan.

My conclusion: Lincoln probably could not have won if women had been allowed to vote in 1864.