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|  | | Tainted by Suspicion: Secret Deals ... of Disputed Presidential Elections
Allegations of election rigging are nothing new. Four presidential elections were not decided on Election Day but were litigated through Congress or the courts. Explore the what-if scenario if the election had turned out differently.
The almost-presidencies of Aaron Burr or Al Gore would have created a different world.
Four presidential elections were not decided on election day, but were rather decided by another branch of government. And in three cases, large segments of Americans viewed the president as illegitimately selected rather than legitimately elected.
The infant nation could have been ripped apart in 1800, when the election that began between Adams and Jefferson turned into the Jefferson and Burr.
The old order maintained its final grasp on power against Jacksonian democracy in 1824.
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