Governor Morris' high-handed actions in support of the proprietors had united previously divided populist factions against him and the council.

The populist faction had concerns that sometimes prompted it to support one of the other parties.

Mr. Ramaphosa's first serious run-in with the populist faction came last year.

The document brought numerous reforms demanded by populist factions of the revolution, most importantly the banning of the semi-feudal Hacienda system.

His continued advocacy of currency reforms so annoyed the populist faction that the need to guard his properties in Boston and Milton from possible mob action was discussed.

Tailer's politics shifted during the 1720s, and he and Byfield came to align more closely with the populist faction.

Temple was politically aligned with the populist faction in Massachusetts politics, and strongly opposed to the domination of colonial rule by Thomas Hutchinson and the Oliver family.

The Left Alliance continued its slow decline, while the small populist faction, True Finns, did not do as well as some had expected.

Most of the 13 Independents who won, were expected to side with the ruling family and the remaining seats were given to a Shiite populist faction [8].

During his period of prominence within the democracy, he seems to have led what might now be termed a populist faction.