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The 1796 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION:  "Placing us in a Point of Opposition to Each Other"

The 1796 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: "Placing us in a Point of Opposition to Each Other"

Update: 2024-10-07
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'The public and the public papers have been much occupied lately in placing us in a point of opposition to each other. ' So wrote Jefferson to Adams about the 1796 Presidential Election, America's first with two candidates with true campaigns. ... Before it was over there would feature negative ads, misconstructions of candidate statements, foreign interference and backlash to that interference, and election count disputes.

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The 1796 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION:  "Placing us in a Point of Opposition to Each Other"

The 1796 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: "Placing us in a Point of Opposition to Each Other"

Bruce Carlson