Question

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

Answer 1

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