Jacksonian Democracy

The presidential election on 1828 was between Andrew Jackson, and John Quincy Adams. This election however was special, as it was the election which saw the power of Jacksonian Democracy, which transitioned the political system from the First Party system to the Second Party system. This was possibly the transition that began modern politics, due to the formation of the two-party system which was used.

While Andrew Jackson won in the electoral votes during the election of 1824, he still lost to John Quincy Adams due to the election being delayed and put in the hands of the House of Representatives. The speaker of the house at the time, Henry Clay, was not fond of Jackson, due to the fight for votes during the election, because of this, Adams was supported by him and he was elected president. Not too long after being elected, Adams decided to name Clay as the Secretary of

Typically, the popularity votes did not really count towards who was being elected, as the president was commonly chosen by state legislatures, and this did not change until the election of 1836, which it became popularity deciding the election. This however did not discourage people from voting in the presidential campaigns, as both the 1824 and 1828 elections had plenty of votes. In 1824, there was a combined total of about 264,400 votes, with 150,000 going to Jackson and 113,000 going to Adams. The number of votes in 1828 as far as popularity goes, increased by a massive amount, totaling to 1,143,450 votes. Jackson received about 642,500 of those votes, where Adams received about 500,900 votes, meaning that Jackson won in popularity by a landslide. The election of 1828, probably had the largest amounts of votes up until then, due to the ever increasing population of the United