It plays a big role. America leans populist. The Ross Perot campaign was somewhat populist, and he would have possibly won the 1992 election if he would have stayed in the campaign. There's a lot of room at the moment for a populist third party here, since both parties have strayed away from it.
I think you mean: both parties are in it to their necks.
The Democrats are moving right ecnomically and left-socially.
