The presidential election of 2024 gave voice to voter frustration. Donald Trump ran against the Establishment and is credited with addressing the needs of the everyday voter in contrast to Democrat elitism.

The United States has been at this crossroads before with Andrew Jackson. If he succeeds in his plans, Trump may well usher in a seminal political realignment reminiscent of what came to be known as Jacksonian Democracy.

Nearly 100 years ago, in 1828, Andrew Jackson was elected president after losing an election to John Quincy Adams in 1824. That 1824 loss left Jackson embittered by what he called a “Corrupt Bargain” between Washington, D.C., insiders, namely Henry Clay and Adams.

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