Front porch campaign

Hanna also arranged for various delegations to visit McKinley and hear him deliver a short speech that would then be circulated by the newspapers.

Throughout the course of the 1896 United States presidential election, William McKinley spoke to more than 700,000 supporters in front of his house in Canton.

McKinley's front-porch campaign was a big contrast to William Jennings Bryan's unprecedented whistle-stop train tour throughout the United States.

The study found that "campaign visits by Bryan increased his vote share by about one percentage point on average."

Harding was a republican who opposed the sitting president Woodrow Wilson's handling of World War 1 and the decisions of the League of Nations.

At his home in Marion, Ohio, Harding used a front porch campaign strategy in this race where he spoke with cliche phrases to display his narrative of returning the country to normal.

[2] In Mentor, Ohio, Garfield stayed at home honoring campaigning traditions at the time that emulated George Washington's presidency.

[3] James gave out short speeches on his front lawn where he spoke about "The future of colored men", "The possibilities of life", " The immorality of ideas", and "German citizens".