"populist figures" is correct and usable in written English.
It refers to political or social leaders who advocate for the interests and opinions of ordinary people. Example: The rise of populist figures such as Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen has caused a shift in global politics.
Once again, voices ring out from the left and the centre: no debate with Christoph Blocher or Oskar Freysinger, the party's two most popular and populist figures.
"Gung Ho" (2000): Smith is drawn to heroic, stubborn, maligned, obsessed, populist figures, and here her touchstone is Ho Chi Minh, the subject of the title track: "He was not like any other / He was just like any other".
Only when we realise this can we explain Czech society's deep disgust with post-communist politics, and the opportunities for the strong populist figures who pretend they will defend society against whatever may come.
Born out of a backlash against the Obama administration, Tea Party activists take their name from the anti-tax Boston tea party, and they revere populist figures such as Sarah Palin.
Ijaz Gilani, a pollster in Islamabad, says populist figures like Mr Dasti fill "vacuums" formed as labour-intensive plantations decline, cotton farming modernises and old families lose clout.Villagers need someone to help them deal with police, teachers and other bits of the state.
Meanwhile, the famous "47 percent" line is one that clearly appeals to some of the party's richest donors and deepest-pocketed insiders … but it's also one that's been pushed by self-consciously populist figures like, well, Erick Erickson, who spends a great deal of his time criticizing the very "elitist Republicans" who Romney's fundraising comments were pitched toward.
A popular and populist figure, Jackson could not have been more different from the distinguished intellectuals who preceded him.
Although Libeskind has spent most of his career as an academic, he was now positioned as a populist figure.
Hillary Clinton said campaign finance reform would be a central plank of her presidential bid on Tuesday, revealing a determination to reinvent her political profile as a more humble, populist figure for the 2016 election.
The charismatic Mr. Khan has emerged on Pakistan's political landscape as a populist figure, tapping into widespread anger over what many see as government corruption and deep anti-American sentiments.
Executives had seen him giving an interview on a rival channel after Everton had beaten Stoke City in the FA Cup in January and thought he might just be the maverick, populist figure that would become compulsive viewing.
