Question

How do today's elections differ from the election of 1800?
I want to have a discussion about it so I actually understand and can put it in my own words. Thank you very much.

Answer 1

It was the first time there was active competition for the office. Washington and Adams had no real competition until 1800.

http://www.ushistory.org/us/20a.asp

Assuming you know how elections work today, you can make your own comparisons and find the contrasts.

Answer 2

I have to answer this question as if the person reading has no idea about current elections or what happened in the election in 1800.

Answer 3

Well, read about the 1800 election! Do you know about today's elections? The parties have primaries, conventions, nominate a candidate, etc. There were no formal political parties in 1800, no primary elections to choose delegates to conventions, no nominees. Adams and Jefferson had different ideas and each had his backers, but the party system didn't exist yet. 1800 was the very beginning of political parties in elections.

www.ushistory.org/gov/5a.asp

Answer 4

For information about today's process of electing a president:

http://www.bing.com/search?q=presidential%20election%20process&qs=n&form=QBRE&pq=presidential%20election%20process&sc=9-29&sp=-1&sk=&cvid=30E94601357247348A1E8CC196798A17

For the history of political parties, here's the live link:

http://www.ushistory.org/gov/5a.asp

Answer 5

This is what I answered:
Today's elections are better because we learned from past mistakes. For example the Twelfth Amendment was made after Thomas Jefferson was in a tie with his Vice Presidential candidate Aaron Burr. The Twelfth amendment made it so people had to vote for a vice president and a president separately. Now our way of electing and our government must work because the US has the longest used type of government.

Answer 6

thats a good answer @LadtPhantomhive I think its good you should put that!!!