1896 United States presidential election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1896_United_States_presidential_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:campaignStyle gptkb:Front_porch_campaign_(McKinley)
gptkb:Whistle-stop_tour_(Bryan)
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 3, 1896
gptkbp:electoralVotesForLoser 176
gptkbp:historicalSignificance End of Third Party System
Realigning election
Start of Fourth Party System
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1896 United States presidential election
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Grover_Cleveland
gptkbp:locationOfMajorEvents gptkb:Chicago
gptkb:Canton,_Ohio
gptkbp:losses gptkb:William_Jennings_Bryan
gptkbp:mainCandidate gptkb:William_McKinley
gptkb:William_Jennings_Bryan
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:1900_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:notableEndorsement gptkb:Gold_Democrats_(for_Palmer)
gptkb:Populist_Party_(for_Bryan)
gptkb:Silver_Republican_Party_(for_Bryan)
gptkbp:notableEvent High voter turnout
Major role of campaign financing
Rise of modern campaign techniques
gptkbp:notableRunningMateOfBryan gptkb:Arthur_Sewall
gptkb:Thomas_E._Watson
gptkbp:notableRunningMateOfMcKinley gptkb:Garret_A._Hobart
gptkbp:notableSpeaker gptkb:Cross_of_Gold_speech
gptkbp:notableThirdParty gptkb:Prohibition_Party
gptkb:National_Democratic_Party
gptkbp:notableWinner gptkb:John_M._Palmer
gptkb:Joshua_Levering
gptkbp:numberOfIssues gptkb:Free_silver
Gold standard
Economic depression
gptkbp:partyOfLoser gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:popularVoteForLoser 6,502,925
gptkbp:presidentAfterElection gptkb:William_McKinley
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:1892_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:totalElectoralVotes 447
gptkbp:troopContributingCountries 45
gptkbp:vicePresident gptkb:Garret_A._Hobart
gptkbp:voterTurnout 79.3%
gptkbp:votesForWinner 271
7,104,779
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:William_McKinley
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_Jennings_Bryan
gptkb:People's_Party_(United_States)
gptkb:Arthur_Sewall
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5