What was important about the election of 1800? It established that when a new president is elected, the one currently in office respects the will of the people.

It allowed the House of Representatives to overturn the presidential election if they disagreed with the vote of the people.

It set a precedent that enslaved people counted as part of a state's voting population.

It created a system in which the number of electoral votes from northern states always equaled the number of votes of southern states.