Words similar to populist

Example sentences for: populist

How can you use “populist” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

He's a schemer, a politician, a calculating populist who has built his career on sexy, attention-getting issues.
It's not happenstance that he is backed by such an odd assortment of people, ranging from Republican populist Huffington to earnest liberal Bill Moyers.
A smart opinion piece in the Journal argues that Buchanan is not an American populist so much as a pre-war, European-style Christian Socialist like Karl Lueger, Vienna's turn-of-the-century mayor.
For all their populist posturing, both candidates are "third way" Democrats (formerly known as "neoliberals") who can be counted on to favor a non-doctrinaire, moderately liberal style of governing.
The NYT and WP describe the conflict between the constitutional assembly of populist President Hugo Chavez and Venezuela's Congress, which consists mainly of an old guard of political and social elites.