The new methods of campaigning introduced by Adams and Jackson in the elections of 1824 and 1828 were the corrupt bargain and mud-sling. The corrupt bargain happened when Adams and Henry Clay made a deal to bring down Jackson because he had the most popularity votes out Adams and Clay. Then later Jackson's followers accused them of the corrupt bargain and stealing the election. Then the corrupt bargain and unpopular policies casted a shadow over Adams presidency. Then during the champagning they would use a mudsling method that were basically attempts to ruin their opponent’s reputation with insults. They would tell lies and some truths about there past life and mistakes. Even their followers joined and made pamphlets of lies and insults about
