I believe the answer is: <span>The campaign split the vote of the Democratic party.
At that time, the democratic party appointed Lewis Cass and Martin Van Burren loathed him. Van Buren knew that by campaigning, he will split the democratic vote which will cause the election to ended up in whig's party victory. He intentionally did that to prevent Lewis from being a president.</span>
Leonardo's ability to observe and study, then demonstrate those things in his art, he was pretty much the definition of a Renaissance man. Defined: Renaissance man: a person with many talents or areas of knowledge.
