However, the literal opposite occurred: The Populist Party endorsed Bryan in 1896. A major third party, the Populists aspired to break Duverger’s Law and had won over eight percent of the ...

With his new mandate, Donald Trump has a green light to implement most, if not all, of his most extreme policies, from ...

Neither party has yet provided details of the departure ... as he often used his new primetime slot to defend the president, riding a wave of populist outrage that fuelled his election victory.

Both the populist right and left are protectionist when it comes to trade. While the right advocates for protectionism to support national security, preserve manufacturing, and maintain national ...

President Franklin Roosevelt won Kansas in 1932 as the Great Depression was beginning. In 1936, he prevailed in Kansas again, ...

Fico, who heads the populist and nationalist Smer Party, wants to reestablish ties with Russia. After Orbán left Moscow in July, Fico told a Slovak outlet that he would have gladly joined Orbán ...

Populism can be left- or right-wing. The strongly left-wing La France Insoumise, for example, is also widely considered a populist party. Finally, some parties of the European Conservatives and ...

Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has reacted ... Fico returned to power for the fourth time last year after his leftist party Smer (Direction) won parliamentary elections on ...

As Europe enters a significant phase of re-integration of East and West, it faces an increasing problem with the rise of far-right political parties. Cas Mudde offers the first comprehensive and truly ...

Germany's new leftist populist party, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance – Reason and Justice (BSW), is pressing mainstream parties to make significant concessions as they negotiate potential ...

In her sights is not just the left-leaning Labour government but also the right-wing populist Reform UK party led by veteran Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, whose appeal drew traditional ...