💬 Opinion Mar 25, 2026 · David Griscom

How Texas Populists Almost Destroyed the Two-Party System

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In the 1890s, populism nearly unseated the Democratic Party in Texas. In the years that followed, conservative and white supremacist backlash rose to ensure that the populist People’s Party — the promising, yet imperfect, alliance between poor farmers, including between black and white Texans — would no longer be able to threaten the power of […]

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