No 12th Amendment, 1824 election

WI 1 Jefferson elector had voted for somone other than Burr so we did not have the chaos of otl.

I wonder what would happen in 1824, there were lots of candidates but no proper parties.

So each elector would have 2 equal votes.
 
In the 24 years and 5 presidential elections in between the Election of 1800 and the Election of 1824 and without a 12th Amendment certainly at least one of those elections would have had the "Burr" problem occur, as the scheme would be seen as successful and would be tried again.

Let's say it doesn't and the original Constitutional requirements for electors stands and 1824 occurs. Well, instead of there being a president/vice-president "ticket" you're going to have more of the informal agreements that "if you vote for Jackson, then your second elector vote goes to ______" Instead of it being Jackson, Adams, Clay, and everyone down to Grandma Moses running or thinking about it, you'll surely have some backroom agreements. How interesting and fun to think about a Clay and Calhoun agreement similar to Jefferson and Burr, could throw the south to Clay from Jackson? Adams making a deal with Crawford could give Adams the 41 electoral votes Crawford won in OTL making Adams only 6 behind what he needs for a majority.

Another thing to consider- if it wasn't for the 3/5 rule that slaves counted as 3/5 of a person and instead didn't count at all... Adams would have defeated Jefferson in 1800 and we wouldn't have had the 12 amendment.
 
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