Why Was The Populist Party Successful

I think that the Populist Party was successful, even though, they may have had few failures. The Populist Party, however had many organizations such as the grange, colored farmer alliances, and other regional alliances. The rise of the party was the climax of two decades of farmers suffering in the South and West. In 1890, the party supported policies to release the hardships of the farmers and it had an important impact on the politics.
Populism was a movement to increase farmers’ political power and to work for legislation in their own interest. Therefore, many farmers joined the Populist party because they were in the midst of an economic crisis. Some new technology helped enabled many farmers to produce more crops, but the greater supply