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  2. American election campaigns in the 19th century - Wikipedia

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    The campaigns were also changed by a general enlargement of the voting franchise—the states began removing or reducing property and tax qualifications for suffrage and by the early 19th century the great majority of free adult white males could vote (Rhode Island refused until a serious rebellion took place in 1844).

  3. Political eras of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Jacksonian democracy" is a term to describe the 19th-century political philosophy that originated with the seventh U.S. president, The United States presidential election of 1824 brought partisan politics to a fever pitch, with General Andrew Jackson's popular vote victory (and his plurality in the United States Electoral College being ...

  4. Political campaign - Wikipedia

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    A political campaign is an organized effort which seeks to influence the decision ... although there may be earlier recognizably modern examples from the 19th century.

  5. People's Party (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The People's Party, usually known as the Populist Party or simply the Populists, was an agrarian populist [2] political party in the United States in the late 19th century. . The Populist Party emerged in the early 1890s as an important force in the Southern and Western United States, but declined rapidly after the 1896 United States presidential election in which most of its natural ...

  6. Third Party System - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the nineteenth century, third parties such as the Prohibition Party, Greenback Party and the Populist Party evolved from widespread antiparty sentiment and a belief that governance should attend to the public good rather than partisan agendas. Because this position was based more on social experiences than any political ideology ...

  7. Waving the bloody shirt - Wikipedia

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    Puck cartoon ridiculing Republican Senator John Sherman for his use of "bloody shirt" memories of the Civil War in 1887, more than two decades after the war ended. "Waving the bloody shirt" and "bloody shirt campaign" were pejorative phrases, used during American election campaigns during the Reconstruction era, to deride opposing politicians who made emotional calls to avenge the blood of ...

  8. William McKinley 1896 presidential campaign - Wikipedia

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    Williams suggested that McKinley's campaign of education of the voter through speakers and literature brought him victory, but with a cost to the close identification between voters and the political parties that was typical in the 19th century.

  9. Half-Breeds (politics) - Wikipedia

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    The "Half-Breeds" were a political faction of the United States Republican Party in the late 19th century. The Half-Breeds were a comparably moderate group, and were the opponents of the Stalwarts, the other main faction of the Republican Party. The main issue that divided the Stalwarts and the Half-Breeds was political patronage.