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36.2% of the voting age population and 80.6% of eligible voters participated in the election. [75] The extremely close election, with very high turnout, reflected the typical pattern of the Gilded Age. Democrats were assured of a Solid South electoral vote, as well as most of the border states.
By mid-century, practically every adult white male was a potential voter—or indeed, an actual voter, as turnout nationwide reached 81 percent in 1860. America stood in stark contrast with Europe, where the middle classes, peasants and industrial workers had to mobilize to demand suffrage.
Very high voter turnout typically exceeded 80% or even 90% in some Northern states as the parties ran strong campaigns. Turnout in the South was lower. Average presidential turnout 1872 to 1900 was 83% in the North and 62% in the South.
36.8% of the voting age population and 79.7% of eligible voters participated in the election. [46] McKinley secured a solid victory in the electoral college by carrying the core of the East and Northeast, while Bryan did well among the farmers of the South, West, and rural Midwest. The large German-American voting bloc supported McKinley, who ...
Although Tilden defeated Hayes in the official popular vote tally, the election involved substantial electoral fraud, voter intimidation by paramilitary groups like the Red Shirts, and disenfranchisement of black Republicans. The election had the highest voter turnout of the eligible voting-age population in American history, at 82.6%.
Reformers, especially the "Mugwumps" complained that powerful parties made for corruption during the Gilded Age or "Third Party System". Voter enthusiasm and turnout during the period 1872–1892 was very high, often reaching practically all men. The major issues involved modernization, money, railroads, corruption, and prohibition.
36.3% of the voting age population and 80.5% of eligible voters participated in the election. [29] The election focused on the swing states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Harrison's home state of Indiana. [30]
34.9% of the voting age population and 78.3% of eligible voters participated in the election. [46] The margin in the popular vote for Cleveland was 400,000, the largest since Grant's re-election in 1872. [47] The Democrats won the presidency and both houses of Congress for the first time since 1856. President Harrison's re-election bid was a ...