Andrés Manuel López Obrador is running a populist campaign aimed at those left behind by globalization and angry at the country's elites. And he might win.
Socialism and big government remain popular, particularly among young people.
Is this the only policy proposal Tom Paine, Huey Long, Milton Friedman, Timothy Leary, and Sam Altman can agree on?
But there's going to be some trouble getting to the fine part.
For one, Macron is the one with no previous elective office while Le Pen is the one from a political family.
The candidate who told an audience of cops that he'd abolish the New York Police Department
Both her center-left and center-right opponents are campaigning on much needed labor reforms, as well as tax and spending cuts, not popular with Socialists.
Infowars in the age of Trump
Populism is a result of government's separation from its citizens over decades.
What was Obamacare, in the end, but an arrogant overreach by an elite out of touch with the rest of America?
How a billionaire rode a rising tide of populism to the White House.
Donald Trump stands out in particular as the populist par excellence, say political scientists
What A Face in the Crowd and Meet John Doe tell us about populism, pop culture, and fear.
America has never been a "white" country. Economic and cultural nativism is on the rise - and the most un-American idea of all.
The Donald wasn't the first to parlay business and broadcast fame into a political career.
History shows the flaws in temporary 'fixes' against populist takeovers.
And less anti-elitist than Bernie Sanders' followers.
Breaking and remaking the party system
The Donald wasn't the first to parlay business and broadcast fame into a political career.
Compared to these concepts, Carson's theory is downright banal.
A Fox report says he might run as an independent, might be gone for good.
Donald Trump's popularity may signal a shift to a more European-style right populism.
Leftists need to understand most people don't agree with them no matter how loudly they declare to be speaking for "us"
His speech stresses economic issues, but he also makes it clear that he's a socially conservative hawk.
The Democrats' only announced candidate so far is tacking hard left on economic rhetoric.
On criminal justice reform: "the Democrats have basically ceded this incredibly important issue to the Republicans, and Rand Paul's the guy who's been running with it"
Tensions on the populist right
The left looks rightward.
Another Friday, another fizzled revolution.
Three Republican responses to the State of the Union Address.
Nick Gillespie and a panel of journalists discuss what it means to be a libertarian populist.
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