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Populist roots

Where did the term ‘populist’ come from? The original Populist party grew out of the Farmers’ Alliance, a movement set up to fight corporate interests in the US in the 1880s. It then joined with other minor parties to fight the 1892 presidential election under the Populist banner. Its candidate James B. Weaver won 8.5% of the vote and carried four states – Colorado, Idaho, Kansas and Nevada – with a set of left-leaning policies including free-collective bargaining, shorter working hours and lower interest rates. In spite of its success it broke up during the 1896 election campaign when many members chose to back the Democrat candidate William Jennings Bryan instead.

Remaining seatless

Reform UK is polling at around 10% of the vote, but still might not win a seat. The share of the vote of the largest party not to win a seat in recent elections:

1979 National Front 0.6%

1983 Alliance (Northern Irish party) 0.