(Not Janet) Jackson and Democracy

The Jacksonian period (1824-1840) marked a large shift of power towards the “common man”. The masses began to greatly influence the politics of the nation as more and more individuals started to vote. Such an example of this is the election of 1828, in which voter turn outs almost doubled. This alteration forced the government and politicians to work and support the greater good of the masses and the average citizen. Aristocratic ideals began to be viewed as over exhausted and started to lose ground as democracy caught a boost and was becoming more respectable. The Spoils system was established, which provided politician’s financial backers the opportunity to be in office, consequently giving more control of reform to the "common man". It was thought that for the government to do a decent respectable service, it had to be operated and directed by the "common man", and such ideals weren’t to easily overtaken by aristocrats and biased politicians.