What problem arose during the presidential election of 1796 as a result of the way the president and vice-president were selecte

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Burka [1] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-25T06:24:50+03:00

<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>