The Speech that "the Populists were primarily the party of the farmers but they knew that they would need some urban votes to win the election" would not necessarily hurt because it also pursue the interest of the farmers apart from having a control of government.
In the 19th century, the People's Party was known as the Populist Party, it was a left-wing agrarian populist in the United States.
The primary goal of the Populist party as an agrarian-based political movement aimed at improving conditions for the country's farmers and agrarian workers.
In all, apart from having a goal of improving conditions for the country's farmers and agrarian workers, the Populists party also wanted to have a control of government through the farmer's vote.
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