Election of 1828

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BASICS

Category Result
Incumbent John Quincy Adams (NR)
Prior streak DR (7)
Prior five elections DR (5)
Population 12,143,862
States 24
Electoral votes 261
Popular votes 1,148,018
Voter turnout 57.6%

FIELD OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES

Candidate Party PI Age State Position Nom Win CS ROP
Andrew Jackson DR 6.9 61.63 Tennessee Former senator X X 84.82 123
John Quincy Adams NR 7.7 61.31 Massachusetts President X 68.27 89

GENERAL ELECTION

Candidate Party SC PV PV% EV EV% PV*EQ EV*EQ
Andrew Jackson DR 15 642,553 55.97% 178 68.20% 55,970,638 367
John Quincy Adams NR 9 500,897 43.63% 83 31.80% 43,631,459 171

REGIONAL SPLITS

Candidate Party PV% East South Midwest West EV East South Midwest West
Andrew Jackson DR 55.97% 49.29% 74.25% 54.86% 178 54 97 27
John Quincy Adams NR 43.63% 50.05% 25.75% 45.15% 83 83 0 0

PV BY STATES

State Total PV Jackson Adams Other
Alabama 18,618 16,736 1,878 4
Connecticut 19,378 4,448 13,829 1,101
Delaware
Georgia 20,004 19,362 642
Illinois 14,222 9,560 4,662
Indiana 39,210 22,201 17,009
Kentucky 70,776 39,308 31,468
Louisiana 8,687 4,605 4,082
Maine 34,789 13,927 20,773 89
Maryland 45,796 22,782 23,014
Massachusetts 39,074 6,012 29,836 3,226
Mississippi 8,344 6,763 1,581
Missouri 11,654 8,232 3,422
New Hampshire 44,035 20,212 23,823
New Jersey 45,570 21,809 23,753 8
New York 270,975 139,412 131,563
North Carolina 51,747 37,814 13,918 15
Ohio 131,049 67,596 63,453
Pennsylvania 152,220 101,457 50,763
Rhode Island 3,580 820 2,755 5
South Carolina
Tennessee 46,533 44,293 2,240
Vermont 32,833 8,350 24,363 120
Virginia 38,924 26,854 12,070
Total 1,148,018 642,553 500,897 4,568

PV% BY STATES

State PV winner Jackson Adams Other
Alabama Jackson 89.89% 10.09% 0.02%
Connecticut Adams 22.95% 71.36% 5.68%
Delaware
Georgia Jackson 96.79% 3.21%
Illinois Jackson 67.22% 32.78%
Indiana Jackson 56.62% 43.38%
Kentucky Jackson 55.54% 44.46%
Louisiana Jackson 53.01% 46.99%
Maine Adams 40.03% 59.71% 0.26%
Maryland Adams 49.75% 50.25%
Massachusetts Adams 15.39% 76.36% 8.26%
Mississippi Jackson 81.05% 18.95%
Missouri Jackson 70.64% 29.36%
New Hampshire Adams 45.90% 54.10%
New Jersey Adams 47.86% 52.12% 0.02%
New York Jackson 51.45% 48.55%
North Carolina Jackson 73.08% 26.90% 0.03%
Ohio Jackson 51.58% 48.42%
Pennsylvania Jackson 66.65% 33.35%
Rhode Island Adams 22.91% 76.96% 0.14%
South Carolina
Tennessee Jackson 95.19% 4.81%
Vermont Adams 25.43% 74.20% 0.37%
Virginia Jackson 68.99% 31.01%
Total Jackson 55.97% 43.63% 0.40%

EV BY STATES

State Total EV Jackson Adams
Alabama 5 5 0
Connecticut 8 0 8
Delaware 3 0 3
Georgia 9 9 0
Illinois 3 3 0
Indiana 5 5 0
Kentucky 14 14 0
Louisiana 5 5 0
Maine 9 1 8
Maryland 11 5 6
Massachusetts 15 0 15
Mississippi 3 3 0
Missouri 3 3 0
New Hampshire 8 0 8
New Jersey 8 0 8
New York 36 20 16
North Carolina 15 15 0
Ohio 16 16 0
Pennsylvania 28 28 0
Rhode Island 4 0 4
South Carolina 11 11 0
Tennessee 11 11 0
Vermont 7 0 7
Virginia 24 24 0
Total 261 178 83

MARGINS AND FLIPS

State PV winner Runnerup Gap (votes) Gap (points) Flip
Alabama Jackson Adams 14,858 79.81 7,430
Connecticut Adams Jackson 9,381 48.41 4,691
Delaware
Georgia Jackson Adams 18,720 93.58 9,361
Illinois Jackson Adams 4,898 34.44 2,450
Indiana Jackson Adams 5,192 13.24 2,597
Kentucky Jackson Adams 7,840 11.08 3,921
Louisiana Jackson Adams 523 6.02 262
Maine Adams Jackson 6,846 19.68 3,424
Maryland Adams Jackson 232 0.51 117
Massachusetts Adams Jackson 23,824 60.97 11,913
Mississippi Jackson Adams 5,182 62.10 2,592
Missouri Jackson Adams 4,810 41.27 2,406
New Hampshire Adams Jackson 3,611 8.20 1,806
New Jersey Adams Jackson 1,944 4.27 973
New York Jackson Adams 7,849 2.90 3,925
North Carolina Jackson Adams 23,896 46.18 11,949
Ohio Jackson Adams 4,143 3.16 2,072
Pennsylvania Jackson Adams 50,694 33.30 25,348
Rhode Island Adams Jackson 1,935 54.05 968
South Carolina
Tennessee Jackson Adams 42,053 90.37 21,027
Vermont Adams Jackson 16,013 48.77 8,007
Virginia Jackson Adams 14,784 37.98 7,393
Total Jackson Adams 141,656 12.34 70,829
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