What was the problem with the presidential election in 1796?

The Vice President and the President were from different parties.

Explanation:

John Adams was the President and belonged to the Federalist party, while Thomas Jefferson was the Vice President and belonged to the new Democratic-Republican party.

i believe the answer is:

-   william jennings bryan is a democrat while mckinley was a republican

at that time, the segment of population that choose for democratic party were the voters with low economic background and vice versa

- william jennings has support of populists and wants to have inflation to farmers while mckinley has support of bankers and businessmen , doesn't want inflation

the fixed value of gold make the large business able to stack up their gold without   being worried that it would devaluated.

- william jennings supported the silver standard while mckinley supported the gold standard

according to jenning, using other metal beside gold could the poor people to have more purchasing power and them advance in the society.

a because i tried to vote with just my college id and the answer was no