A matsayin jam'iyyar ta uku mafi girma a kasar,'yan Populists sun yanke shawarar yanke shawara a shekara ta 1896 wanda ke da babbar tasiri ga jam'iyyar.
Tabbas, wani nau'i mai rikitarwa na jumla shi ne "A matsayin jam'iyyar ta uku mafi girma a kasar, 'yan Populists sun yanke shawarar yanke shawara a 1896 don' 'haɗuwa' tare da Jam'iyyar Democrat a matakin kasa - ko da yake jam'iyyun biyu sun ba da sunaye daban-daban ga Mataimakin Shugaban kasa. "