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Political parties formed because politics is a team sport.  Jefferson ran against the Federalists, and even started a new political party to defeat the Federalists: "Democratic-Republican Party."  Today both the Democrats and the Republicans can claim roots in Jefferson’s party.

Political parties formed because politics is a team sport.  Jefferson ran against the Federalists, and even started a new political party to defeat the Federalists: "Democratic-Republican Party."  Today both the Democrats and the Republicans can claim roots in Jefferson’s party.

President Adams was badly beaten in a bitter election, called the “Revolution of 1800”

President Adams was badly beaten in a bitter election, called the "[[Revolution of 1800]]."

Jefferson and his running mate, [[Aaron Burr]], won the same number of votes and thus tied for president.  It made sense that everyone who voted for Jefferson would also vote for his running mate, since both were with the same political party, the Democratic-Republicans.  But the inability of the election system to resolve the "tie" and reflected a mistake in the Constitution in how presidents and vice presidents were chosen, which had to be fixed by the [[12th Amendment]].  Prior to the 12 Amendment, Congress had to resolve the tie.

Jefferson and his running mate, [[Aaron Burr]], won the same number of votes and thus tied for president.  It made sense that everyone who voted for Jefferson would also vote for his running mate, since both were with the same political party, the Democratic-Republicans.  But the inability of the election system to resolve the "tie" and reflected a mistake in the Constitution in how presidents and vice presidents were chosen, which had to be fixed by the [[12th Amendment]].  Prior to the 12 Amendment, Congress had to resolve the tie.