Although William Jennings Bryan lost the elections in 1896, the living and working conditions of the farmers improved remarkably. This happened because, first through the Farmers Alliance and then through the Populist Party, the farmers began to claim their rights and, although slowly, their claims began to be heard by the state and federal governments.
The main reason why the conditions of farmers improved in the years after 1896 despite william J.B. loss in the election is the fact that most of the political reforms that farmers had agitated for had already become law, and change was also in favour of agriculture.
