Question

The Populist party was made up of which group of people ?

Answer 1

The goal of the Populists in 1892 was no less than that of replacing the Democrats as the nation's second party by forming an alliance of the farmers of the West and South with the industrial workers of the East. James B. Weaver was the Populist candidate for President that year, and he polled over 1,041,000 votes.

Answer 2

Populists were originally made up of Black and White Farmers in the mid-west and south who disliked the policies of the Democrats and Republicans. They adopted the name from the Kansas Populist Party which had elected members to Congress. So, some politicians were also populists. Their goals also attracted workers to their party. They were not, as some accused, socialists. Most were tenant farmers and landowners They favored reform in a peacefull, democratic way.
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