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It’s about ‘kitchen-table populism’: focusing on Americans’ day-to-day economic struggles
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United States — Dustin Guastella and Erica Etelson
It’s about ‘kitchen-table populism’: focusing on Americans’ day-to-day economic struggles
This year’s Democratic primaries look and sound a lot more populist than usual. Brian Poindexter , a union iron worker running on a “workers first” message, won a House primary outside Cleveland. Sherrod Brown is mounting a Senate comeback in Ohio on the same “rigged system” message that has allowed him to outshine other Democrats in Ohio. Troy Jackson , a fifth-generation logger who built his career fighting corporate landowners, is the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine. And Josh Turek , a self-described “prairie populist”, is on the Senate ballot in Iowa.
In fact, according to research we’ve conducted through the Center for Working-Class Politics (CWCP), more than 70% of 2026 Democratic candidates now rely on populist rhetoric in their campaigns, laying the blame for our broken system on rich elites of one kind or another.
This year’s Democratic primaries look and sound a lot more populist than usual. Brian Poindexter , a union iron worker running on a “workers first” message, won a House primary outside Cleveland. Sherrod Brown is mounting a Senate comeback in Ohio on the same “rigged system” message that has allowed him to outshine other Democrats in Ohio. Troy Jackson , a fifth-generation logger who built his career fighting corporate landowners, is the Democratic Senate nominee in Maine. And Josh Turek , a self-described “prairie populist”, is on the Senate ballot in Iowa.
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Source: The Guardian · Dustin Guastella and Erica Etelson. Published 27 Aug 2026, 12:00 pm.
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