Populists in National Elections

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Populists in National Elections 1892 & 1896

1892 Presidential Election: Populist 3rd party candidate won over a million votes!

1896 Election Democrats – 1890s Republicans – 1890s Southerners Wealthy farmers Supported low tariffs (wanted other countries to buy their crops) Northerners Wealthy business men (connected to the railroad) Southern African Americans (poor farmers) Supported high tariffs (didn’t want to compete with other countries’ products)

1896 Election Populists decide to improve their chances by supporting the Democratic candidate, William Jennings Bryan, who agreed to support the silver-backed dollar.

1896 Presidential Election: Bryan loses but carries most of the South and West

Central Historical Question Why did the Populist Party attract millions of supporters?

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