What is a central reason why McKinley won the 1896 presidential election?
a. His personal life was exemplary.
b. Farmers and the working class supported him.
c. The temperance and abolition movements supported him.
d. Businesses and corporations donated large sums of money for his campaign advertisements.
A central reason why McKinley won the 1896 presidential election is because "d. Businesses and corporations donated large sums of money for his campaign advertisements," since this constituted a political "machine" in many ways.
