Published December 31, 2024
2024 was the year that conservative populism went from being an irritant to a force. 2025 can be even better for them – if they recognise the source of and the limits to their power.
Conservative populism may be broadly described as a political movement that combines traditional centre-right voters with people from the working-class who used to support the centre-left.
The specific appeals each populist leader or party makes will vary depending on the nation and the specific challenges it faces. Nevertheless, all leaders or parties recognised as being on the populist Right share this same demographic characteristic among their supporters.
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Henry Olsen, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, studies and provides commentary on American politics. His work focuses on how America’s political order is being upended by populist challenges, from the left and the right. He also studies populism’s impact in other democracies in the developed world.
