Did the Election of 1828 Represent a Democratic Revolt of the People?

In "'Under the Whip & Spur': Politics, Propaganda, and the 1828 Campaign," Sean Wilentz explains how many people were involved in the election of 1828. Jackson's and Adams's supporters used propaganda and extensive campaigning to influence the American public. Each side felt every vote was important, especially in key states such as New York. He believes the election of 1828 was the start of the two-party system and a democratic uprising. In "New Perspectives on Jacksonian Politics," Richard P. McCormick uses facts and statistics to show that the percentage of voter participation stayed about the same in the election of 1828 as it had been before 1824. He says that the real democratic uprising was in 1840 when well-balanced national parties had been organized (unlike in the election of 1824) and there was a much higher rate of voter participation than ever before.
I agree with McCormick that the election of 1828 did not represent a democratic revolt of the people. He made a better argument than Wilentz because he used statistics as concrete evidence to show how the percentage of voters remained the same as in the past and how the election of 1840 brought about a real democratic uprising. He used more logic in his argument than Wilentz.