"Surgical precision" was in one state, NC not nation wide.  This ruling was in regards to the republican use of NC's voter ID law.  Additionally, the NC ID law was more lax than other states which the court upheld, go figure?

For those interested in digging into how Lincoln won the election of 1860, I recommend you start here:
"United States presidential election, 1860"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1860

Exaggeration to "win" an argument obscures the truth.