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Populist Party
Populist Party (USA) A US agrarian organization that began in 1889 as a grouping of southern and western interests seeking to remedy the lot of debtor farmers. It drew on the
GRANGER MOVEMENT, the Farmers' Alliances, the Greenbacks, and other protest groups who met in Cincinnati to create the People's Party of the USA. Its members called for a flexible currency system under government control, a graduated income tax, and political reforms including direct election of US Senators. In 1892 its candidate for President, James B. Weaver, won over a million popular and 22 electoral votes. The movement then went into decline, largely because its objectives seemed more likely to be realized by other parties.
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A populist, and proud of it. (The People's or Populist Party of 1890's)
Magazine article from: National Review; 10/19/1984; ; 700+ words
; ...run the government. Populists stand in opposition...better word than "populist" to describe the people...anything better than "populist." So I guess we...The People's (or Populist) Party of the 1890s was not...farmers and workers. The Populists opposed the deliberately...
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Why democrats must be populists: and what populist-phobes don't understand about America.
Magazine article from: The American Prospect; 9/9/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...backward. The original populists were not out to destroy...Democrats were to abandon populist appeals this year...19th century, when a populist movement (and later a party) formed in the South and the West. The party and the movement perished...embraced by the major parties and by ...
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Right-wing populist parties in Austria and Switzerland: a comparative analysis of electoral support and conditions of success.
Magazine article from: West European Politics; 4/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...comparative studies of party politics in the...of right-wing populist parties as one of the most...mobilisation. Party research has given...terms such as 'new populist parties' or 'new extreme...scholars as to which parties in Austria and...right-wing populist' ...
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For the People: American Populist Movements from the Revolution to the 1850s.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...discovers a remarkable shift in populist strategy from the archaic...violence, most significantly populist engagement in grassroots, insurgent, third-party politics, the most successful...By refusing to portray some populists as either progressive heroes...thoroughly convincing. By placing ...
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Economic losses due to forecasting error and the U.S. populist movement.
Magazine article from: Economic Inquiry; 4/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...significant third-party movement in American...the greatest shift to Populist candidates occurred...Kansas voters gave Populist party candidates nearly...vote. In 1892 the Populists combined with the Democrats...legislature. By 1896 the Populists controlled all branches...James B. ...
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Populist Party plans Nashville convention.
PR Newswire; 6/26/1984; 700+ words
; ...June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Populist Party of the United States...into the thick of the Populist Party drive to remake America in...candidacy for the Populist Party presidential nomination in...Republicans and Democrats. This party isn't going to represent...achieved from the ...
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Populist Pitch -- Without the Punch; Both Parties Claim Title, but Neither Makes Full-Scale Attack on Moneyed Interests
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/6/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...shady, politicians in both parties are stepping up efforts to claim the title "populist." "President Bush is a...meanwhile, are claiming the populist label for themselves, hoping...the image of the Republican Party as being too beholden to special...Enron mess." Pushing the populist refrain ...
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Ag group has Populist roots
Newspaper article from: The Topeka Capital-Journal; 5/23/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...inspired People's Party, or Populist movement. Back...later. The Populist movement gathered...major political parties. The major parties pandered solely...industry," Populists charged...us!" Kansas Populist organizer Mary...crisis, Kansas Populists also called...1890s, ...
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The Results of Populist Chic
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/13/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...including both political parties - which assert traditions...Edwards and Duke. Long was a populist - but not a racist. When...from the first self-styled populist to exploit anger against...That too is a part of the populist tradition that its current...it so loosely, the neo-populists of ...
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Populists set up camp in House.(PLUGGED IN - POLITICS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 2/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...Democrats last week revived the party's moribund Populist Caucus...Mr. Braley said a previous Populist Caucus, born in the farm...Asked if President Obama is a populist, Mr. Braley hedges. I think...communicating, he is definitely a populist, he said, but a lot remains...its trade agenda. ...
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Populist Era
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...The politics of the Populist Era were issue...and dominance by two parties that often seemed indistinguishable, the Populist party and Populists generally took a sharply...and the Democratic party usually nominated candidates...While the dominant parties espoused Social ...
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Populist Party
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...Cincinnati, Ohio, the Populist party's first national...with earlier third parties, were especially...of the total. The party failed, however...coopted an aspect of the Populists’ financial...x201C;The Populists’ message...Greenback Labor Party ; Immigration ...
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Populist party
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...that interest in a third party began to increase; in 1891...was made to form a political party, but when the Republican and Democratic parties both straddled the currency...was held at Omaha, and the Populist party was formed (1892). Goals...regulations. The goal of the Populists in ...
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Middle-of-the-Road Populists
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...OF-THE-ROAD POPULISTS MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD POPULISTS, the name given...the People's (Populist) Party who objected to...convention to nominate a Populist, Thomas E. Watson...of-the-Road Populists formed a separate...
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Populist Movement
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
POPULIST MOVEMENT The Populist Movement is the name given...The next important wave of populist reformism emerged in the...Republican and Democratic parties to seriously address their...organized the People's Party in St. Louis in 1892 and...strategic political goal of the Populist ...
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