The election of 1824

[KillerMuffin]

Number of electors/number required to win: 261/131
States in the Union: 24
Candidates/electoral vote/popular vote:

John Q. Adams / 84 /108,740
Andrew Jackson /99 /153,544
Henry Clay /37 /47,136
WH Crawford /41 /46,618



Do you know who won?
Why?

 

[brokenbrainwave]

Number of electors/number required to win: 261/131
States in the Union: 24
Candidates/electoral vote/popular vote:

John Q. Adams / 84 /108,740
Andrew Jackson /99 /153,544
Henry Clay /37 /47,136
WH Crawford /41 /46,618



Do you know who won?
Why?

Adams won for even though Jackson won the popular vote and the electoral college, he did not have the prescribed majority percentage. The vote went before the House and Adams received 13 of the 24 states. Now imagine, in today's politcal climate, what would happen if we did not have the late great impregnated Chads?

 

[Wrong Element]

Clay was the kingmaker (as the fourth-place finisher, he was out of the running once the election got into the House), and he threw his support to Adams, who then went on to name Clay Secretary of State as a perceived payoff. Jackson went berserk, but got his revenge in 1828.

 

[TWB]

As I mentioned in another thread, we do not live in a democracy.

 

[DannyBoyUK]

Glad that SOMEBODY on your side of the Atlantic admits it

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