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The Historical Populist Party was a major third party in American politics. In the election of 1896 they fused with the democrats in support of Williams Jennings Brian My POD is this: WI the populist Party held their convention first and nominated William Jennings Brian? He too was their top choice, and assuming they do nominate him, what are the effects? Will they survive? i think so. They managed to hold on until about 1912 with elected officials on a Federal level. Maybe they'll die later. Will they be important? I don't know. Depends on if they survive or not.

One last thing. considering that much of their support came from the southwest, at the time of 1896 Arizona and new Mexico were yet to be admitted. I think that in the future those will probably act as another source of votes and representatives. Perhaps Oklahoma?
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