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HAITI CONNEXION NETWORK: Bucking Political Traditions: 2016 Presidential El...

HAITI CONNEXION NETWORK: Bucking Political Traditions: 2016 Presidential El... : That's what we got when we did that. By W. Sherman Jackson, Ph D Audible: Hindsight is infinite wisdom.   It is a major tool h...

Bucking Political Traditions: 2016 Presidential Election

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That's what we got when we did that. By W. Sherman Jackson, Ph D Audible: Hindsight is infinite wisdom.   It is a major tool historians use to interpret historical events like the recent presidential campaign. Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump ran against political traditions.   When she announced her candidacy   in 2015 for a second run at the presidency, Hillary   broke   with political tradition by attempting to succeed Barack Obama as his democratic successor. In the 1800’s a political tradition was established when Thomas Jefferson was succeeded by James Madison .   Madison passed the presidential baton to James Monroe. During Monroe presidency,1816-1824, the Federalists ceased to exist as a political party, mainly because they failed to support the war of 1812. As a result, in 1824 there was an intra-party battle between John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State and Andrew Jackson, military general and hero of Battle of New Orleans, 1816.   After a bitter fight, Adams w