MAP 20.4 The Presidential Elections of 1892 and 1896
In the 1890s, the age of political stalemate came to an end. Students should compare the 1892 map with Map 20.1 and note especially Cleveland’s breakthrough in the normally Republican states of the Upper Midwest. In 1896, the pendulum swung in the opposite direction, with McKinley’s consolidation of Republican control over the Northeast and Midwest far overbalancing the Democratic advances in the thinly populated western states. The 1896 election marked the beginning of sixteen years of Republican dominance in national politics