Dirty Tricks: The Election of 1800

Civics & Coffee

English - July 24, 2021 09:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MB
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Infighting, attacking the opposition, secret compromises. While this may sound like a headline from today, it was actually all part of one of the most scandalous elections in history: the presidential election of 1800.

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson went head to head in a contest that led to a mini constitutional crisis and influenced the development of the twelfth amendment to the constitution.

Tune in this week as I dive into the election and its long term impacts to current political discourse.

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