Sunday, November 11, 2007

"Did the Election of 1828 Represent a Democratic Revolt of the People?"

I think the "yes" article makes a better arguement. The "no" article tries to compare local and national voting statistics when back then they were completely different. Back then the states where mainly independent, they were not a real union. So, when it came to local elections the people would vote more than in a national election because the local issues were more important to them. Also, the "no" article doesn't even try to explain about the 50% increase in the voter turnout between 1824 and 1828.

So, since, I didn't really agree with the "no" article I thought the "yes" article was better.