Question

Which statement accurately describes the voting results of the election of 1824?

No single candidate won the majority of either the electoral votes or the popular votes.
Jackson won the majority of the electoral votes, but Adams won the majority of the popular votes.
Adams won the majority of the electoral votes, but Jackson won the majority of the popular votes.
No clear winner emerged with a majority of the electoral votes, but Adams carried the popular votes.

Answer 1

Jackson won the majority of the votes

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Answer 2

No clear winner emerged with a majority of the electoral votes, but Adams carried the popular votes.

Step-by-step explanation:

This happened because The federalist party had no influence nationally, causing the democratic-republican party to have a lot of power. The election had John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, John Calhoun, and William Crawford. Jackson only 99 votes falling short of 32 votes to secure majority. Adams recieved 84 votes. Without a majority, it went to the house of represnatitive in which the Corrupt Bargin happened.