POLI 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tammany Hall, William Jennings Bryan, Proportional Representation
23 Mar 2016
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Two-party competition across the united states: there was lots of two-party competition in the united states during the 19th century. This changed, however, after the 1896 election between william. Mckinley (republican) and william jennings bryan (democrat): mckinley had traditional, moderate republican policies that were antagonistic to immigrants while still representing northern corporate interests, bryan ran a populist campaign, focusing on rural issues against corporate interests. He promoted the idea that cities were corrupt, and so were the catholics that lived in those cities. Mckinley won the election of 1896: that election ushered in a large republican majority in the north. 50 state party systems: two-party competition at the state and local levels increased with the new deal readjustment in the 1930s, and democrats became much more competitive in the. North than they had been in the system of 1896: since then, local and state party competition has continued to change over time.
