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Measuring populist discourse in the United States and beyond

Nature Human Behaviour volume 2, pages 241–242 (2018)Cite this article

Many have argued that populism dominated the 2016 US presidential election. Textual analysis of electoral discourse in the United States, Greece and Venezuela suggests that the overall level of populism in the US election was in fact moderate. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump engaged in populist discourse, but Trump lacked consistency.

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Hawkins, K.A., Rovira Kaltwasser, C. Measuring populist discourse in the United States and beyond. Nat Hum Behav 2, 241–242 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-018-0339-y

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