1896 if William Jennings Bryan were a Georgist, rather than a silverite

[Vittorio]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgism

That is, if Bryan (or his analogue) advocated a land-value tax and other anti-rent seeking measures.

Could such a character even be nominated by a Democratic Party still controlled to some extent by a Southern Gentry tied to the land? If so, how would he fare in the general election?

[Kingpoleon]

Uh... If he’s not a Silverite, it’s not Bryan. Tom Johnson, on the other hand, is a Georgist Democrat not from the South and not named Altgeld, and I imagine he wins over a lot of the Midwest. He’d lose a bit of Western support as a currency moderate, but not nearly as much as he would gain in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and New York.

[morgankingsley]

He does better in the south and rust belt, but worse everywhere else