"He is trying to reach out, with a populist appeal," said the magazine editor.

Historically, the phrase has had wide populist appeal in public discourse.

While the setting is princely, the food still has populist appeal.

The ingredients for an old-fashioned populist political appeal would seem at hand.

Much has been made of the recall election's populist appeal.

Because of its populist appeal, the legislation could be difficult to defeat, some Washington lobbyists say.

It would have been easy for people to try to make a populist appeal.

The proposal provided him with both a revenue source and the stuff of a populist appeal.

With its populist appeal the party had also been able to get support from small business owners in urban areas.

Indeed, for all its apparent populist appeal, auto choice would not be an easy political sell.