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Andrew Jackson's Running And Campaign
I argue that Andrew Jackson changed the way that politicians run and campaign and they way they portray themselves to the public eye. This paper will demonstrate this argument by showing how Andrew Jackson smothered his competition on his way into office. Andrew Jackson was the first to really build a campaign team of supports, which would later be called the Democratic Party. Some of his supports were skilled political organizers who worked to create a network of campaign committees, and organize events in Jackson’s behalf. Andrew Jackson also had a group of journalist and editors to write in new papers and things in support of him and also to put down the competition. Some found his tactics to being elected were dirty at the

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