1900: William Jennings Bryan vs. J.P. Morgan

[Tekken_Guy]

Let's say Bryan beat McKinley in 1896, the farms prosper but the industrial north goes bust, and J.P. Morgan runs against him in 1900 hoping to save the latter. What happens?

[MAINEiac4434]

If the farm states prosper, then they'd vote in a bloc for Bryan while the industrial states would vote in a bloc for Morgan. It would go either way. I had trouble deciding which column Missouri would go in. In this map, Morgan wins.

[Kingpoleon]

254: President William Jennings Bryan/Vice President Adlai Stevenson - 52.4%
193: Businessman John Pierpont Morgan/Senator Joseph B. Foraker - 46.8%
Others - 0.8%

Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, Maryland, and Illinois are all close.

[RC (a la Frémont)]

J.P. Morgan loses because of his big purple nose.

[Agonized-Statism]

President William Jennings Bryan (D-NE) / Fmr. Vice President Adlai Stevenson (D-IL) ✓
Businessman J.P. Morgan (R-CT) / Fmr. Ambassador Robert Lincoln (R-IL)

Bryan's victory scares Wall Street, and the Democrat-controlled Congress' economic stimulus scares them even more. The stimulus and bimetalism leads to a quick recovery for the farmers, but the industrial sector is sluggish with financiers spooked. The Spanish-American War also still happens, but Republicans slam the Bryan administration for its restraint in the Treaty of Paris and refusal to annex the new protectorates. Southern delegates try and fail to revolt at the Democratic National Convention, and Bryan is stuck with Stevenson as his running mate when Vice President Sewall dies two months before the election. On the plus side, J.P. Morgan is an absolutely awful campaigner.