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“Popularism” is a clumsy bit of political jargon that caught on with Democratic wonks a few years ago to express an idea so intuitive as to be axiomatic. Namely, a party in a democracy will have more success if it focuses on stuff that voters, y’know, like.
Nick Catoggio is a staff writer at The Dispatch and is based in Texas. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 16 years gradually alienating a populist readership at Hot Air. When Nick isn’t busy writing a daily newsletter on politics, he’s … probably planning the next day’s newsletter.
