More specifically, anti-abortion populists, in the Huey Long mode. About one-fourth of a generation away from Jim Crow. Anti free trade. Theocrats.
The tent bulges and the mind boggles.
William Jennings Brian pro-income tax, anti-middleman, anti-banking, anti-big business democrat-progressives. Yes, populists too. And one-time Dixiecrats. Not Republicans at all. They came our way after LBJ, but they're a fickle bunch. Nice to have their votes (Franklin Roosevelt certainly felt that way) but no one has ever valued their intellectual contributions.
They do have positive virtues. They're pro-2nd Amendment and pro-military. Very nice. And they're very patriotic, which is also very nice. Not bad people, but in general they have a very odd bundle of ideas. It really shows up in these science threads.