it was bad and they were seceding from the states
If so then the author was an idiot.
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html
to discuss the withdrawal of the New England states from the union
The electoral vote was very close and four states sent two sets of ballots in, with different results and these conflicted results were enough to change the winner. Most of the problems were with Southern states who were voting in their first election since the Civil War.
It was deadlock between Jefferson and Adams. The southern states voted for Jefferson while electors from the northern states voted for Adams
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