apr 2, 1800 - Changes to Parties and Campaigns

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- Party Nominating Convention: party politicians and voters would meet in a large hall to nominate presidential candidates
- Popular Election of the Electors: voters to choose a state’s slate of presidential electors
- Two-Party System: presidential campaign had to be conducted in a national scale which made parties necessary
- Rise of Third Parties: Workingmen’s Party and Anti-Masonic Party (attacked secret societies of Masons for being anti-democratic)
- More elected offices: more officers were elected into positions rather than elected, Jackson
- Popular campaigning: local entertainment, focused on personal attacks, Jackson
- Spoils System and Rotation of Officeholders: winning the presidential election, elected helpers in positions for reward, Jackson first did it

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