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The 1812 presidential election took place from Friday, October 30 - Wednesday, December 2, 1812.
In this election, Federalists had a real chance of possibly winning. Tensions in Europe had been increasing and in June 1812 the United States declared war on Britain. DeWitt's candidacy was interesting; he was never formally nominated by anybody, as many Federalists thought officially nominating him would split the party. However, not only did he have support of most Federalists, anti-war Democratic-Republicans also supported him and did not approve of Madison's performance as president. This was the first election that took place when the United States was directly at war.
The electoral college increased to 217 electors in 1812; 109 needed to win. 278,786 people voted.
128/217 electoral votes
50.4% of the popular vote
86/217 electoral votes
47.6% of the popular vote
3/217 electoral votes
Popular vote unknown
No electoral votes
2% of the popular vote
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