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Let’s Look At Poll Data About Trump’s “Populism”

March 24, 2017 By thegreenmiles

Political reporters and pundits constantly refer to Donald Trump's politics as "populism." The trouble is that Trump and his policies are actually extremely unpopular: Trump: 39% approve, 56% disapprove (Gallup daily tracking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Donald Trump, populism

Grace Ross on Elections and Beyond

November 16, 2010 By massmarrier

Ross is right out there. She is also pretty optimistic. For one, she thinks that the anger and energy the Tea Party types rode in this last election cycle is populist not right wing energy. I am not as confident as she that clear-eyed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: activism, democratic, economics, election, foreclosures, grace-ross, green-rainbow, massachusetts, populism, republican, third-party

Bad economy net plus for Republicans

June 26, 2010 By paulsimmons

In many of the polling-related posts on this site, there has been a regrettable tendency to blame the pollster rather than address the issue. Fortunately some Democratic pollsters look political reality in the face. For those of you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: economy, poll, populism

Wonk Post for Sweat-Equity Folk

January 27, 2010 By paulsimmons

James Carville's shop just put out polling and comprehensive strategy memoranda. All polling, analysis, and suggested responses, are downloadable in pdf format. IMHO, a good and dispassonate analysis of the current populist revolt that led … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: field, message, polling, populism

Healing California’s Sickly Populism

May 27, 2009 By massmarrier

Cross-post: This also appears at Marry in Massachusetts. In the recent decade, we have seen more and more anti-gay and anti-marriage equality groups try to conceal their bigoted let-the-people-vote petitions to prevent or wrest from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ballot-initiatives, california, homophobia, massachusetts, populism, prop-8

What is populism?

October 3, 2007 By Trickle up

This wide-ranging discussion tossed around the P word freely, with some interesting comments but no agreement (though nobody seems to like Bob Shrum.)Populism is like democracy was 150 years ago. It's scary, embarrassing, has bad breath, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: democracy, media, national, politics, populism, pundits, strategy, tactics

Kerry @ Faneuil Hall: You and what army?

October 1, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

I don't know if this is the kind of message that will resonate in the general 2008 Presidential campaign, but at the very least it seems to be part of the Zeitgeist, in a way that didn't seem to be the case in 2000 or even 2004, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: economy, kerry, populism

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