Question

What did the populist party seek

Answer 1

People's Party, also known as the "Populists", was a short-lived political party in the United States that historians agree was on the left wing of American politics. It was highly critical of capitalism, especially banks and railroads, and allied itself with the labor movement.[1][2][3] Established in 1891 during the Populist movement, the People's Party reached its zenith in the 1894 midterm election, when it took over ten percent of the popular vote. Built on a coalition of poor, white cotton farmers in the South (especially North Carolina, Alabama, and Texas) and hard-pressed wheat farmers in the plains states (especially Kansas and Nebraska), the People's Party represented a radical crusading form of agrarianism and hostility to banks, cities, railroads, gold, and elites generally. It sometimes allied with labor unions in the North and Republicans in the South. In 1896, the Populists endorsed the Democratic presidential nominee, William Jennings Bryan, adding their own vice presidential nominee. By joining with the Democrats, the People's Party lost its independent identity and rapidly withered away.