IMO an Economic Populist is really gonna CLEAN UP in the next election cycle.
Just hope it’s not the Fake White Indian.
This has been in the works for decades.
The manufacturing jobs numbers don't tell the complete picture simply because there is the lower numbers do to efficiency.
But, the trade agreements, globalization, national debt, illegal aliens etc have come home to roost.
One of the main problems a real 'populist' will have is that most members of either party are in agreement with their world view on such beliefs.
Perot was a gun grabber but he was correcting on the .Gov spending, the national debt and global wage arbitrage.