OK, so after quite a number of tries, I finally managed to win "The Campaign Trail" as William Jennings Bryan.
I chose Claude Matthews, the governor of Indiana, as VP, and this probably secured me that state more or less. I also chose to do a complete tour of the West Coast, which probably helped a lot in gaining those states as well, gave up on New York from the start (except for one big speech in New York to get the press' attention), repudiated Grover Cleveland wherever possible and focused on the issue of silver while staying as moderate as possible on most other issues. I won almost all of the south and everything west of Iowa and also enjoyed a razor-thin margin in Illinois (something like less than 1%), gaining me that state. Along with immense joy at having finally won the game, this got me thinking - what changes from OTL would a narrow William Jennings Bryan victory in 1896 bring about ?
Lots of possible changes, including but not limited to:
- what happens to Hawaii ?
- what happens to Spain and its colonies ? Might Germany get some and Spain keep some ?
- how does bimetallism work ?
- what about the lower tariffs ?
- will increased labor regulation be brought about ?
- is an early New Deal-esque coalition possible ?
- will Prohibition be enacted sooner ?
- how will race relations develop ?
- what about women's vote ?
- what will happen to the Panama Canal ?
proposed electoral map:

I chose Claude Matthews, the governor of Indiana, as VP, and this probably secured me that state more or less. I also chose to do a complete tour of the West Coast, which probably helped a lot in gaining those states as well, gave up on New York from the start (except for one big speech in New York to get the press' attention), repudiated Grover Cleveland wherever possible and focused on the issue of silver while staying as moderate as possible on most other issues. I won almost all of the south and everything west of Iowa and also enjoyed a razor-thin margin in Illinois (something like less than 1%), gaining me that state. Along with immense joy at having finally won the game, this got me thinking - what changes from OTL would a narrow William Jennings Bryan victory in 1896 bring about ?
Lots of possible changes, including but not limited to:
- what happens to Hawaii ?
- what happens to Spain and its colonies ? Might Germany get some and Spain keep some ?
- how does bimetallism work ?
- what about the lower tariffs ?
- will increased labor regulation be brought about ?
- is an early New Deal-esque coalition possible ?
- will Prohibition be enacted sooner ?
- how will race relations develop ?
- what about women's vote ?
- what will happen to the Panama Canal ?
proposed electoral map:

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