Tag: populism,politics,psychology,democracy,identity,research,United States,culture
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Why Populism Works Differently in the U.S.
Populism has become one of the most studied political forces of the 21st century, but new research suggests something unusual: American populism doesn’t behave like populism elsewhere. In most democracies, populist attitudes—resentment of elites, belief in the “will of the people,” skepticism toward institutions—tend to predict support for populist leaders. Yet in the United States,