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How did candidates campaign for president in 1800?

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They had messengers spread the word for them, and they wrote posters and hung them all around. They are already pretty known if they are running for president.

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Because each state could choose its own election day in 1800, voting lasted from April to October. ... Under the United States Constitution as it then stood, each elector cast two votes, and the candidate with a majority of the votes was elected president, with the vice presidency going to the runner-up.

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