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<span>In the 1796 election, John Adams, the Federalist Party presidential candidate, received a majority of the electoral votes. However, the Federalist electors scattered their second votes, resulting in the Democratic-republican party presidential candidate, Thomas Jefferson, receiving the second highest number of electoral votes and thus being elected Vice President</span>
I believe the answer is: Durkheim
In durkheim's social solidarity model, social solidarity is divided into mechanical solidarity and organic solidarity.
The mechanical solidarity is created by following a same tradition/ritual as a member of a certain social group, while organic solidarity is created through the division of labor.