The Change Of Political Participation During 1815-1840

The ideologies of political participation changed during 1815-1840 in areas such as voter participation, the candidates’ party involvement, and the advancement of political interest. The events that led to the reformation of political campaigning initiated with the extinction of the Federalist Party after the war of 1812 to the Elections of 1828 & 1840. The essence of political reformation was most distinctly shown through statistical data, political debates, newspaper excerpts, and subjective entries that galvanized public audiences.
From 1812 to 1828 one is able to observe that voter participation more than doubled as a result of the banishment of certain requirements. (A) The time period between James Madison’s election in the early 1800s
Another endorsement that displays the different ways political alinements were exhibited includes the ballots of New Hampshire.(D) In 1828 the Democratic Party ballot was labeled “Jackson and the People’sTicket.” as a way to garner support for other candidates. Jacksonian Democrats demonstrated a new style of politicking that aimed at the masses. New approaches were taken to glean one vote after another, whether it was parties and picnics or mudslinging charges of pimping. Such strategies were employed to make sure that the candidate would get elected; the election of 1828 was the first election in which the masses determined the winner. Andrew Jackson’s, also known as the “old Hickory”, truly embodied the notion of the changing campaigning especially when his inauguration was consummated with the participation of rowdy crowds. As Jackson entered the White House so did a swarm of friends, neighbors, and supporters thus critics were quick to state that the “reign of King Mob” had commenced.(I) Political campaigning in the 1840s only further demonstrated the reforming freedom politics used; almanacs in this case were used to gather an emotional if not logical appeal to the public in favor of William