What role might each of the following have played in the outcome of the election of 1896? a. Panic of 1893

b. Republican Party's $16 million campaign fund compared to $1 million available to Democrats
for educating and persuading voters.

c. Some factory owners paid off their workers on Election Day and told them not to return to
work on Wednesday if Bryan won; others threatened to pay their workers in fifty-cent
pieces instead of dollars if Bryan won.