During the spring and early summer of 1864 Lincoln was trailing Democrat rival George B. McClellan and it appeared he would loose his bid for reelection in the south changed the attitude of the people alding in reelection helped him win 212 electoral college electors to McClellan's 55

to reform the distraught soviet union, the democratization of the communist party was promoted through party secretary mikhail gorbachev's policies of “perestroika” and “glasnost.” perestroika refers to the reconstruction of the political and economic system established by the communist party.