How Did The Election Change In The United States

Over this election in 1828, it changed the history of voting in many ways! Over the years it changed from in the 1828 election only white men could vote, now everyone American citizen has the opportunity to vote. There was only one main party at the time, Andrew Jackson was representing the Democratic party, and John Adams was National Republican. Today’s election there is two main parties and that is Republican and Democratic. The election was based on the electoral college vote that had changed in 1804. The way the president was picked before wasn’t working out so they created a new form of counting votes. In today’s presidential voting we use the electoral college as well. The 1828 election was a different chaos election.

In the election of 1828 the election was a very chaotic event in history. Both candidates known as John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson were very far from alike. Adams was the son of our nation’s second president while Jackson was a world national hero from the Battle of New Orleans. The voting changed tremendously over the years. In the 1800’s elections it was only white educated men who could vote, then it changed to all white men. Over the decades it has changed to everyone can vote that is at least 18 years of age and a American citizen. In 1828 election, there was around 1.2 million popular votes casted. Before this election there was around 100,000 popular votes total before all changed. In the 2016 election there was around 129 million if not more votes casted. I believe the economy had changed in a huge way from before 1828 to 1828. There were lots of …show more content…
It allowed lots of more Americans to vote over the years with a huge difference in outcome. As the two men fought for the President place there was only one who could win. In 1824 John Quincy Adams beat Andrew Jackson for president. In 1828 there was a rematch and Andrew Jackson won the election. Over these two, it was a very chaotic