Donald Trump and Peter Dutton have both embraced populism. Are working-class voters buying it?
- Written by David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has often been accused of copying former US President DonaldTrump’stactics. Some analysts even refer to Dutton, like Trump, as a “populist” who seeks political gain by pitting ordinary citizens against corrupt “elites”.
There is evidence of this populism in the willingness of Trump, Dutt...