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Question: Who would you have voted for?
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William McKinley		  
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William Jennings Bryan		  
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John Palmer		  
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Joshua Levering		  
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« on: June 24, 2005, 02:34:55 AM »
The election of 1896 is one of the most important in the nation's history. The Republican victory established the GOP as the majority party until the Great Depression, but more importantly, it was a victory for the cities and a mandate for continued industrialization.

I, of course, would have voted for McKinley. Bryan preached a disturbing blend of fundamentalism and wild-eyed populism. His economic theories were misguided at best, and his attacks on business and urban life in general smack of demogoguery.
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« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2005, 03:03:44 AM »
Assuming we have 20/20 hindsight and this isn't one of those "if you lived during and could vote in the 1896 election..." I would have to throw my full support behind William McKinley.

He made this country a true superpower by letting us become a even more industrial nation and led us into the Spanish American War in which we picked up the important territories of the Philippines and Guam.

Plus I was also born on his birthday Cheesy
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« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2005, 03:06:38 AM »
Quote from: Governor Wildcard on June 24, 2005, 03:03:44 AM
Assuming we have 20/20 hindsight and this isn't one of those "if you lived during and could vote in the 1896 election..."

I should have made that clear; this is with hindsight.


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« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2005, 04:02:47 AM »
I think they were both horrible, but with hindsight I would have voted Bryan, becuase that would have prevented TR from ever becoming president.
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« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2005, 07:00:29 AM »
Bryan. Turned out in the end that he was right about gold anyways.
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« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2005, 10:25:47 AM »
Bryan. He was right about gold, and wasn't an imperialist.
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« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2005, 11:24:31 AM »
McKinley, of course.
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« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2005, 11:30:30 AM »
If transported back in time today-Bryan.

At the time-McKinley.
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« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2005, 11:41:45 AM »
Quote from: thefactor on June 24, 2005, 11:30:30 AM
If transported back in time today-Bryan.

At the time-McKinley.

Interesting answer
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« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2005, 01:18:47 PM »
William McKinley easily. One of our best Presidents, and in my opinion, the greatest U.S. President.
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« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2005, 01:56:35 PM »
McKinley
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« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2005, 02:28:20 PM »
McKinley. 
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« Reply #12 on: June 24, 2005, 04:18:12 PM »
Quote from: Judge Al on June 24, 2005, 07:00:29 AM
Bryan. Turned out in the end that he was right about gold anyways.

Right about gold, but for the wrong reasons. He would have been a disaster as President.
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« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2005, 04:28:10 PM »
WILLLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN!

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« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2005, 06:07:02 AM »
Bryan.
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« Reply #15 on: June 25, 2005, 06:09:12 AM »
Bryan- He was right about gold; he was right about social darwinism; anti-imperialist... I dont really think he was associated with the excesses of Southern racism so he could have perhaps helped the South channel its populism into a more productive channel... economics

If only the democratic populism had succeeded in the South/West and the Republicans continued to be TR-style progressives, we would have a beautiful party system, indeed...

I would have a very hard time deciding who to vote for in each election...
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« Reply #16 on: August 17, 2005, 09:36:30 AM »
The GOP was already the majority party, and had been since 1860, which was already a mandate for industrialization over agrarian interests.
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« Reply #17 on: August 17, 2005, 09:42:53 AM »
FREE SILVER!!!!!
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« Reply #18 on: August 17, 2005, 09:44:37 AM »
Quote from: socaldem on June 25, 2005, 06:09:12 AM

If only the democratic populism had succeeded in the South/West and the Republicans continued to be TR-style progressives, we would have a beautiful party system, indeed...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

While I would have voted Bryan, TR is my favorite President of all time (although that has more to do with his personality than his politics).
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« Reply #19 on: August 17, 2005, 09:47:33 AM »
TR was horrible.
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« Reply #20 on: August 17, 2005, 09:51:28 AM »
Had I been alive then, I probably would have voted for Bryan.  But with the value of hindsight, I would have voted for McKinley.  

Bryan might have been on to something with the idea of Free Silver, though it would have caused severe inflation.  However, the farmers claimed that they would have benefited from inflation as it would help raise the prices on crops and allow them to pay off their debts to various creditors.  It might have been good for rural America as a whole instead of having many farmers suffering from debt.

Bryan was against the annexation of Puerto Rico and the Phillippines, which I commend him for.  At the same time, on matters of foreign affairs he was very isolationist, which I believe was ultimately a losing strategy.  As one of the top industrial powers of the time, it was time for the US to take its place in the increasingly global economy, which McKinley did much to propagate.  So I have mixed feelings about both.
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« Reply #21 on: August 17, 2005, 09:53:22 AM »
Quote from: Senator PBrunsel on June 24, 2005, 01:18:47 PM
William McKinley easily. One of our best Presidents, and in my opinion, the greatest U.S. President.

I thought Hoover was your favorite.
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« Reply #22 on: August 17, 2005, 09:53:58 AM »
Hoover is his favorite. He thinks McKinley is the best.
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« Reply #23 on: August 17, 2005, 09:56:39 AM »
Quote from: A18 on August 17, 2005, 09:53:58 AM
Hoover is his favorite. He thinks McKinley is the best.

Who would you have voted for, A18?
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« Reply #24 on: August 17, 2005, 10:00:59 AM »
I'd vote McKinley, to stop Bryan.
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