On Election Day, the United States voted for the past over the future. In 1896, at the height of the Industrial Revolution, there was a comparable election. It was a time of transition in which cla… ...

Since at least 2000, Rove has spoken of the 1896 election as a turning point that ended years of deadlock in Washington and led to a generation of Republican prevalence, an outcome to which he ...

The presidential election of a century ago was a true anticlimax compared to the vituperative battle of 1896, which has been called the closest thing to a class war in American history. It was 104 ...

Summary The presidential election of 1896 is widely acknowledged as one of only a few that brought about fundamental realignments in American politics. New voting patterns replaced old, a new majority ...

The 1896 election is a compelling drama in its own right, but McKinleys strategies offer important lessons for both political parties today."--Publisher website. Date 2015 1896 1893-1897 Type Books ...

The presidential election of 1896 centered on the question of silver coinage. The Democratic nominee, William Jennings Bryan, endorsed the coinage of silver at a ratio of 16-1. He saw silver ...

That Republican era began with his election in 1896. Bolstered by Theodore Roosevelt’s charisma after McKinley was assassinated in 1901, it lasted until the elections of 1910 and 1912, when ...

The battle over the monetary standard consumed the 1896 election. From the 1870s-1890s, debates over whether greenbacks, or paper currency, should be redeemable in gold or silver ebbed and flowed.

To broaden the discussion, consider another by-gone campaign—Election 1896. In that year, Republican candidate William McKinley defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan 51% to 47%.

INSKEEP: Now, when you hear Karl Rove talk about 1896, you are, of course, also hearing a modern-day political strategist. Rove did much to direct the election of President George W. Bush in 2000.

The election of 1800 showed that, under certain conditions, a party which had a large majority of the electoral votes might not be able to elect even a President.

Since at least 2000, Rove has spoken of the 1896 election as a turning point that ended years of deadlock in Washington and led to a generation of Republican prevalence, an outcome to which he ...