In the 1892 election, what happened to the Populist party?
A) It became the first "third party" in American history to win the presidency.
B) It received over one million votes across the nation.
C) It won by a large margin in New England and the traditionally Republican farm regions of the Midwest.
D) It swept every state of the former Confederacy.
E) It failed to elect its candidate for president, but received more votes than the Republican candidate.
B
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