Why did more people vote in the 1828 election that in previous presidintial elections

Explanation:

Several states transitioned to a popular vote for president, leaving South Carolina and Delaware as the only states in which the legislature chose presidential electors. The election marked the rise of Jacksonian Democracy and the transition from the First Party System to the Second Party System

The 1828 presidential election was the first in which non-property-holding white males could vote in the vast majority of states. By the end of the 1820s, attitudes and state laws had shifted in favor of universal white male suffrage.

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