Why did Operation Overlord surprise the Germans? They did not think the Allies would invade Europe.
They expected the Allies to invade farther north.
They did not think the Allies would invade in good weather.
They expected the invasion to come the following year.

They expected the Allies to invade farther north. ... Germany would be divided among the Allied nations. The Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan.

i believe the answer is:

-   william jennings bryan is a democrat while mckinley was a republican

at that time, the segment of population that choose for democratic party were the voters with low economic background and vice versa

- william jennings has support of populists and wants to have inflation to farmers while mckinley has support of bankers and businessmen , doesn't want inflation

the fixed value of gold make the large business able to stack up their gold without   being worried that it would devaluated.

- william jennings supported the silver standard while mckinley supported the gold standard

according to jenning, using other metal beside gold could the poor people to have more purchasing power and them advance in the society.