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A graduated income tax, Limits on immigration, and the secret ballot
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Three items from the Populist Party platform that eventually made their way into American life were a graduated income tax, an eight-hour workday for laborers, and the direct election of senators.
No one thought that their party party would have a bigger impact than the democrat and republican party.
William McKinley and William J. Bryan ran in both the 1896 race and the 1900 race. McKinley was a Republican and ran on a conservative platform. He attracted supporters that were in the upper crust. Bryan was the Democratic and Populist candidate; he represented the working man and advocated crusade against the rich.