How do we get all Populist votes to count?

[Agnosticsherbet]

17. The issue was about independent populism.

So I went and looked for evidence of it.

So far, what I found is that independents who voted tended to vote against the government in power, and have done so since 2006. It isn't just the Pew Poll that shows that.

Those independent voters who are motivated to vote aren't answering the call of populism from the the left. The majority appear to have a deep distrust of government.

If you are going to make a populist appeal to independents, you will have to educate people to see government will work for them and recognize a government that doesn't.

That means they will have to recognize populist appeals that are bullshit. Rand Paul's campaign is working a strong populist appeal. Personally, I think he would be a disaster.

So far, Bernie Sanders is the only possible candidate on the left with any strong populist appeal.