The election was between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams near the end of the election it resulted in Jefferson being elected for president. Prior to this election, John Adams was the sitting president with Thomas Jefferson as Vice President. One major cause that the election of 1800 was considered a turning point because it marked the first time that power was transferred from one political party to another. During Jefferson’s inaugural speech he stated, “We are all Republicans-we are all Federalists.” Jefferson was elected as president representing the Democratic-Republican Party, which marked the shift of power from the government ruled by the Federalist Party to a government ruled by the Democratic-Republican Party. In Jefferson's quote,
