WHAT IS A “POPULIST”?
Merriam Webster online:
populist
1pop·u·list
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin populus the people
Date: 1892
1: a member of a political party claiming to represent the common people; especially often capitalized : a member of a United States political party formed in 1891 primarily to represent agrarian interests and to advocate the free coinage of silver and government control of monopolies
2: a believer in the rights, wisdom, or virtues of the common people