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    Hits and Misses, Electorally Speaking

    Nov 26, 2019 2 minutes

    1800

    n 1800 Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr prevailed over John Adams and Charles C. Pinckney in both the popular and electoral vote—with a catch. The Constitution then required electors to cast two ballots but barred them from distinguishing between votes for president and those for vice president. To keep running mates from tying, parties usually told one of their electors to

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