Thomas Jefferson received 73 electoral votes and John Adams received 65 out of 138, 70 electoral votes was the majority.

Record your question here: Why during the 1800s were the people of the United States more in favor of the Democratic-Republicans ideas rather than the Federalists ideas? Or was Thomas Jefferson chosen rather than John Adams because the people of the United States thought John Adams was doing a lousy job as president?

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Search Engine: http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/hall2/jadamss.htm

In the first website it was from a credible site; its publisher was the national cable satellite corporation. Although this website is made by a commercial corporation it still seems to be credible since the information on their website is accurate. This website as I stated was created by America’s cable companies there was no specific author listed. This website was last updated in the year of 2005. The author’s credentials on John Adams does not seem that they are highly qualified for writing about this, but the information that this website has produced seems to have quality. Yes the information comes from other sources so therefore is foot noted. This website used books by John Adams and books written about John Adams to get their information on John Adams for this website. No the information in this website is not forged or fake it is written in the websites own words. No there are no other links to any addition resources on this topic.

In the second website the publisher seems very credible because it is the Smithsonian which is a very reputable museum in Washington D.C. This website was created by the Smithsonian institute. This website comes from an educational domain. This page was lasted dated in 2000 and even though that was a long time ago the information on this page has not changed. I don’t know the exact author of this page but the Smithsonian is a very reputable museum and people with very high credentials work there so I am sure the person who wrote this page had very high credentials in this material. No the information on the page about John Adams is not document with foot notes or links. This page on this website is not fake or forged. Many, many, many people/corporations/universities etc link to this page.This page is listed in one or more reputable directories or pages. People speak very highly of the Smithsonian website.