The issue positions of political actors are often ambiguous, resulting in uncertainty on the
part of voters. Such ambiguity constitutes a challenge to representation, as it prevents voters …

Populist leaders base their electoral appeal on underlying their agenda with claims to
authenticity reflected both in the content and in the style of their political communication …

Despite much attention on “strategic competition” between the USA and China following the
declaration of China as America's “strategic competitor,” the concept's meanings, origins, as …

Contributing to burgeoning studies of populism, this article conceptualises and
contextualises Trump's language as 'Jacksonian populism'. We explore how this style of …

Leaders are rewarded for delivering on policy pledges. Yet mobilisation strategies often
depend on keeping issues and unsolved problems 'alive'for electoral purposes. What …

This introduction presents the special issue's conceptual and empirical starting points and
situates the special issue's intended contributions. It does so by reviewing extant scholarship …

Discovering why the 2020 election turned out as it did will, given the complexities of
American politics, take considerable time. Discovering how Trump lost and how Biden won …

Despite populism being a fast-growing field of inquiry, populist discourse in an African
setting is understudied. This paper expands our knowledge of populist communication and …

Exogenous reform demands can put leaders in a tight spot where change runs up against
structural impediments. Yet, where asymmetries in reform costs occur across domains …

Trump's stinging electoral rhetoric regarding Europe has profoundly challenged the
foundations of the transatlantic relations. Exploring the link between electoral rhetoric and …