only got about 40% of the prez vote against a deeply divided democratic party (north/south) and a field where 3 other candidates split the vote against him (including 2 democrats).

then was so bad in his 1st term (clamped down on civil liberties, failure to end war/slavery, etc) that his own party wanted to primary him.

so bad that he only won re-election by temporarily renaming the republican party and replacing his vp with a former democratic senator to attract pro-war democrats away from his top dem opponent.

im sure all you think about is his 'greatness' defined solely by the emancipation proclamation (which was more moderate/lenient/watered down than his party intended) so i wont bore you with the facts tho.