But that's exactly the problem with popularism, and it's why Stancil is right & Yglesias is wrong. You can't just see which issues are important & adopt moderate positions on these. Leaders can influence which issues are important , and this is where Biden & Harris failed, despite popular positions

What is the exact problem with popularism? And you think "leaders" get to decide what issues are important??? Wut?

Yes! Immigration is important because the right wing ecosystem blasts it 24/7, not because it has any meaningful impact on most people's lives.

Even more than immigration, did millions of people wake up one morning and spontaneously, independently, decide: I really care about who plays girls' high school sports It's an "issue" b/c the fascists made it an issue through repetition & we need to do the same rather than just react.