What do you think about Populists parties?

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I mean Politicians and parties that use emotions rather than cold judgment?

Now i would quote myself

Americans have, for example, the minimum age of 21 for alcohol, it's a bit extreme but in some extend it's good law, less accidents at least on the paper . I wonder why none of the populist party made no attempt to break the political capital on it, for example, red or some other "national socialists"
To win over embittered young Americans in their "brown ranks"

While populists have at times been on the right side of history, such as when fighting genuine injustice, like with the labor movement and Granger movement in America, seemingly more often, populism gets intertwined with prejudice and hate, and is easily controlled by sharp eyed demagogues.

There are really no 'populist parties', at least in the political sense here in the US at the moment. However, Donald Trump is riding a wave of populism at the moment, and I really can't say that I like a lot of his positions, or what he would mean for this country should he become elected to office. --At the same time, Clinton is by no means an appealing alternative either.

Populism is the irony behind a single oppressive dictator. See Turkey for what the US could be like in the future.