Presidential Election of 1808

Presidential Election of 1808
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The Sixth Presidential Election was held between November 4th to December 7th, 1808. The nation after the Second American Civil War was spending huge amounts of money to keep up their army, racking up debt, and in the debt many began to doubt the establishment. Willing to set a precedent, President Benckendorf decided to step down, and in his absence the Constitutional Democrats chose the controvertial Amo Gus, sparking many competitors, including Jefferson, Aubrey, and Brandon.
==Candidates==
======Constitutional Democratic / Tertium Quid======
The Constitutional Democrats held the incumbency, that being said President George Benckendorf was not seeking re-election, giving in to another popular Constitutional Democrat, Amo Gus, Governor of New York. In order to gain votes in the mid-atlantic, Gus partnered with Tertium Quid Party, selecting their Chair and Governor of Pennsylvania, Thomas McKean.
===People's Labour / Yankee===
The People's Labour was racking up support in the north, and would aline together with the Yankee Party in a common distain for the Constitutional Democrats, with the 1808 Yankee Presidential Primary selecting William Aubrey and John Quincy Adams, meanwhile Aubrey's official running mate was Thomas White, and independent.
===Democratic-Republican===
The Democratic-Republican Party still highly supported Thomas Jefferson, though he had been a perennial candidate since 1800, Jefferson would still however win nomination, and would have William H. Crawford, a former Georgia State Legislator as his running mate.
===Patriot===
The Patriot Party was still under a very minority rule, despite having gains in the south, the Patriots struggled to keep major supporters, but with the new support from the Dixiecrats who merged into them, the Patriot Party re-selected Joseph Brandon, and would nominate Henry Tazewell as their Vice Presidential Candidate, who was a former senator for Virginia. 
==Results==
The Constitutional Democratic Party began it's decline in this election, but held together enough to win several key states previously thought unwinnable. In thanks big part to Benckendorf's campaigning, as well as severe reconstruction policy in Virginia, as well as Gus's removal of the popular vote in New York, the Constitutional Democratic Party were able to win a plurality of electors, and in the end win a congressional majority over Aubrey and Jefferson. 
===Results===
Candidate 	Party 	Home State 	Popular Vote 	Popular Vote 	Electoral Vote	Running Mate 	Running Mate 	Running Mate
Candidate 	Party 	Home State 	Count 	Percent 	Electoral Vote	Vice-Presidential Candidate	Home State 	Electoral Vote
Amo Gus 	Constitutional Democratic	New York 	252,526 	41.92% 	54 	Thomas McKean 	Pennsylvania 	54
William Aubrey 	People's Labour 	New York 	132,883 	22.06% 	42 	Thomas White 	Maryland 	23
William Aubrey 	People's Labour 	New York 	18,203 	3.02% 	42 	John Quincy Adams 	Massachusetts	19
Thomas Jefferson	Democratic-Republican 	Virginia 	179,909 	29.86% 	24 	William H. Crawford 	Georgia 	24
Henry Erler 	Write-In (Yankee) 	Maine 	0 	0.0% 	5 	John Quincy Adams 	Massachusetts	5
Joseph Brandon 	Patriot 	Delaware 	18,888 	3.14% 	0 	Henry Tazewell 	Virginia 	0
Total 	Total 	Total 	602,409 	100% 	125 	 	 	125
Needed to Win 	Needed to Win 	Needed to Win	Needed to Win	Needed to Win	63 	 	 	63
===Popular Votes By State===
 	 	Gus 	Gus 	Gus	Aubrey 	Aubrey	Aubrey	Jefferson	Jefferson	Jefferson	Brandon 	Brandon 	Brandon 	Margin	Margin
State 	EVs	# 	% 	EVs	# 	% 	EVs 	# 	% 	EVs 	# 	% 	EVs 	# 	%
Kentucky 	7 	41,626 	59.6% 	7 	9,708 	13.9% 	- 	15,505 	22.2% 	- 	3,003 	4.3% 	- 	26,121	37.4%
Maryland 	10 	17,260 	27.5% 	- 	23,411 	37.3% 	10 	18,013 	28.7% 	- 	4,080 	6.5% 	- 	-5,398	-8.6%
New Hampshire	6 	21,765 	54.7% 	6 	8,157 	20.5% 	- 	9,072 	22.8% 	- 	796 	2% 	- 	12,693	31.9%
New Jersey 	6 	15,104 	36.5% 	- 	17,422 	42.1% 	6 	8,856 	21.4% 	- 	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	-2,318	-5.6%
Ohio 	3 	30,614 	61.6% 	3 	2,783 	5.6% 	- 	15,804 	31.8% 	- 	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	14,810	29.8%
Pennsylvania 	16 	52,032 	46.4% 	16 	22,652 	20.2% 	- 	36,332 	32.4% 	- 	No Ballots	No Ballots	No Ballots	15,700	14%
Rhode Island 	3 	7,251 	54.9% 	3 	2,721 	20.6% 	- 	2,628 	19.9% 	- 	608 	4.6% 	- 	4,530 	34.3%
Tennessee 	3 	11,521 	29.6% 	- 	14,168 	36.4% 	3 	10,237 	26.3% 	- 	2,997 	7.7% 	- 	-2,647	-6.8%
Virginia 	21 	55,353 	31.4% 	- 	50,064 	28.4% 	- 	63,462 	36% 	21 	7,404 	4.2% 	- 	-8,109	-4.6%
TOTALS: 	125	252,526	41.92%	54 	151,086	25.08%	42 	179,909 	29.86% 	24 	18,888 	3.14% 	0 	72,617	12.06%
==Congress Vote==
The Congress would convene on February 3, 1809 to decide the outcome of the 1808 Election, at the time there were 16 States, so a candidate needed 9 to win. In the first round William Aubrey won a plurality, winning 8 states, exactly 50%, unfortunately for him one Congressman, Christopher Greenup, the leader of the Democratic-Republican Caucus switched to back Gus over Jefferson, leading to Gus gaining the Democratic-Republican support and winning 9 states on the second ballot. Greenup later ousted himself from the party and joined the Constitutional Democrats.
 	Round 1	Round 1	Round 1 	Round 1 	Round 2	Round 2	Round 2 	Round 2
State 	Gus 	Aubrey 	Jefferson	Result 	Gus 	Aubrey 	Jefferson	Result
Connecticut 	2 	3 	1 	Aubrey 	3 	3 	0 	Blank
Delaware 	0 	0 	2 	Jefferson	2 	0 	0 	Gus
Kentucky 	4 	0 	2 	Gus 	4 	0 	2 	Gus
Maine 	1 	3 	0 	Aubrey 	1 	3 	0 	Aubrey
Maryland 	1 	6 	2 	Aubrey 	3 	6 	0 	Aubrey
Massachusetts	0 	8 	1 	Aubrey 	1 	8 	0 	Aubrey
New Hampshire	3 	2 	0 	Gus 	3 	2 	0 	Gus
New Jersey 	0 	3 	2 	Aubrey 	2 	3 	0 	Aubrey
New York 	7 	6 	1 	Gus 	8 	6 	0 	Gus
Ohio 	1 	0 	1 	Blank 	2 	0 	0 	Gus
Pennsylvania 	9 	2 	4 	Gus 	13 	2 	0 	Gus
Rhode Island 	1 	1 	0 	Blank 	2 	0 	0 	Gus
Tennessee 	0 	2 	0 	Aubrey 	0 	2 	0 	Aubrey
Vermont 	1 	2 	1 	Aubrey 	2 	2 	0 	Blank
Virginia 	6 	4 	10 	Jefferson	15 	4 	1 	Gus
West Virginia	1 	2 	0 	Aubrey 	2 	1 	0 	Gus
TOTAL: 	36 (4) 	42 (8) 	27 (2) 	None 	60 (9) 	42 (5) 	3 (0) 	Gus
 	 	 	 	 	
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54 	5 	24 	42 	 	
Benckendorf	Erler	Jefferson	Aubrey