populism
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What does an electoral mandate mean in a democratic system?
Whenever an election result heavily favors one party or candidate, the commentariat class—those members of the media and political elite…
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Opinion
Donald Trump Ushers In A New Era of Populism
Election night confirmed a long-held suspicion. This whole electoral cycle has been a lesson in humility for pundits overconfident in…
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Opinion
Trump: Populism’s First National Victory?
When the Tea Party first rose up in the 2010 midterm election, the last vestiges of left-wing populist agitation which…
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Clinton pushes dishonest message of economic nativism in attacks on Trump
In a testament to the facile trivialities to which nuanced and weighty policy issues have been reduced, Hillary Clinton’s campaign…
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Opinion
And We Sang, ‘We Won’t Get Fooled Again’
There is always an inherent danger in embracing a populist candidate for any office. Inclined to grandiose rhetoric and unfulfillable…
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Digital Campaigning and the Rise of Populism in the 2016 Primary
Populism is amongst the most significant factors of the 2016 election cycle. Even Carly Fiorina credited competitor Donald Trump’s frontrunner…
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Does Modern Populism Have an Answer to Modern Political Problems?
For many efficaciously disillusioned Americans, populism is the sole redeeming hope on which hangs a return to political virtue. Yet,…
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Jim Webb’s Unassuming Populism
While most of last weekend’s media coverage was focused on the bombast that was Donald Trump’s FreedomFest speech, former Senator…
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Opinion
William Jennings Bryan Lives Again in Donald Trump
The presidential election of 1896 was by no means a placid one. Civil War issues still lingered in a continuing…
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Opinion
Populism, Racism and the Left
Somehow, as seems to be the case with every tragedy that occurs in America, the tragic murder of nine people…
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The original populist party platform, 1892
While populism started striking a chord with rural Americans in the 1880’s, it wasn’t until 1892 that a formal party…
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