<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>
D
Explanation:
I think it's D the symbols and words not really sure
The fact that Sasha, who is a student in a sociology class, he was deducted points for his research paper for not citing a famous study done five years ago that was nearly identical to the research he conducted means that she should have done the step: review the evidence/literature more carefully.
By doing literature review Sasha will have shown that she has an in-depth grasp of her subject and that she understands where her research fits into.