The birth of the political party system in 1796 and 1800 lead to problems with the electoral college system.
Explanation:
The presidential elections of the year 1796 brought to surface a great flaw in the election systems.
According to the contemporary system, the candidate that secured the highest votes would become the president and the candidate with the second-highest votes would become the vice-president.
In the 1796 elections, the candidates that secured the highest and the second-highest votes came from two different parties.
Hence, the elections turned out to be a mess and the United States government had to function with two supreme leaders from ideologically different backgrounds.
