Business owners
Factory workers
The Democratic Party In campaigning for The Election of 1896, William Jennings Bryan supported silver, rather than the gold standard, which William McKinley supported. McKinley won the election.
McKinley
The Farmers Supported Bietallism
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It was supported by a proslavery convention.
Republicans... because McKinley ran on a platform of supporting the gold standard and high tariffs
The Federalist
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Fundamentalists
William Jennings Bryan supported the silver standard, criticized the unfair economic system, and believed in a broad democracy. William McKinley supported the gold standard, thought government should not regulate or control businesses, and believed in a limited democracy. William Jennings Bryan traveled by train across the United States giving speeches. William McKinley stayed at home and the people came to him. McKinley used pamphlets, newspaper articles, buttons, banners, and posters. William Jennings Bryan spent $300,000 on his campaign while William McKinley spent $4 million.
The Federalists supported a strong national government.