.. Question 1.1. Which statement best describes the election of 1800?. (Points : 1). The election of 1800 proved how unnecessary the Electoral College was in choosing the president.. . The election showed that it was finally Thomas Jefferson's chance to be president, so he won in a landslide.. . This election went to the House of Representatives and led to an amendment to the Constitution.. . John Adams would have won, but he and Aaron Burr got in a duel and he was killed, so Thomas Jefferson became president.