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populist

[pop-yuh-list] / ˈpɒp jə lɪst /


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In some large counties, Jackson won every delegate at stake as a plurality of convention attendees simply voted for the populist Democrat’s slate.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

The right-wing populist is running against a comedian who dresses up in a trash can and calls himself Count Binface, ruler of the planet Sigma IX, to represent Clacton.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Called “a love letter to the journey,” the book took readers on a ride through the places, faces and events that shaped a populist American music career for the East Tennessean.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

Instead, he linked his positions to a broader critique of stagnating wages and inequality, citing decades of flat real earnings for most US workers as a driver of populist politics on both left and right.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

The tumult of 1848—the bloody populist revolutions that swept fiercely through France, Denmark, Germany, and Austria and overturned social, political, and religious orders—largely passed him by, like distant thunder.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Macron, who attended the country’s top schools, “has become the embodiment of everything populists hate,” said Olivier Costa, a research professor at the Paris-based Sciences Po university and France’s National Center for Scientific Research.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

Both men ran as populists, promising to challenge the establishment and deliver economic revival.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2025

These shamanistic masks have long been a mainstay of populists.

From Salon Mar. 17, 2025

In the first round, Torres’ competition came mostly from other conservative populists.

From Seattle Times Aug. 12, 2023

It dealt with the crowned heads of Europe, the free traders of Pennsylvania, the populists of Kansas and Nebraska, the government of Ancient Greece and the wars of the Romans.

From Watch Yourself Go By by Warden, Ben W.




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