The Colossus : A Timeline

Bryan win

Er, OTL the Populists were mostly unpopular. The only ones that made to office were pretty conservative in their views.

Bryan was a pretty similar figure to Dean in '04 - good at rousing the base with a fiery speech, but also good at alienating voters, so he had little chance. For him to win, you have to find a way of moderating him.
 
Er, OTL the Populists were mostly unpopular. The only ones that made to office were pretty conservative in their views.

Bryan was a pretty similar figure to Dean in '04 - good at rousing the base with a fiery speech, but also good at alienating voters, so he had little chance. For him to win, you have to find a way of moderating him.

Or the economy collapses due to a gold shortage, giving Bryan's fiery rhetoric some base. The only reason the Populists became unpopular was becuase of Teddy and McKinley stealing thier thunder when it came to trust busting and workers rights.
 
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