Intertemporal Evidence on the Strategy of Populism in the United States

Intertemporal evidence on the strategy of populism in the United States

This paper studies the strategic adoption of populist rhetoric in electoral campaigns – i.e., the supply side of populism. We build on existing studie…

America's Right-Wing Populism Is on Its Deathbed

Photo by Natilyn Hicks Photography on UnsplashDonald Trump’s unlikely rise to the presidency in 2016 marked one of the most spectacular political upsets in American history. The Democrats were so confident in their victory that they didn’t even bother to field a competitive field in their primary, it fell to Vermont Independent Bernie Sanders to throw his hat in the ring in the name of democracy and open debate in the Democratic Party. With that…