What was a factor in the failure of the Populist Party?

a. looking too far ahead and neglecting the needs of the present

b. advocating a highly unpopular income tax

c. looking to the past rather than addressing the needs of an industrial economy

d. pushing for a laissez-faire economy that had limited regulation of business

b. advocating a highly unpopular income tax

c. looking to the past rather than addressing the needs of an industrial economy