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Ehh, populism isn't limited to politics, at least not tactics-wise. Lots of televangelists and the like use the same sort of tactics - boil down everything wrong in your life to a single, easily-solvable datapoint that YOU can take action on.
At the same time, I think it's important to recognize that not all Trump voters are "stupid" or "ignorant". While those exist, cults can - and HAVE - suckered in people with high-paying jobs, with degrees and education and accolades. Trump's cult of personality is no different - a LOT of Trump voters aren't stupid or ignorant or anything, they might vote for him for dozens of reasons, from "well I'm a shitty racist as well" to "well he wears the trappings of success" to "he sounds confident", and it's important to recognize that anyone can fall victim to a cult like that through the sheer momentum of peer pressure. Jonestown was full of people who were desperately seeking a better world, and a lot of them were fairly well-educated engineers and doctors and lawyers and the like. Aum Shinrikyo was FULL of PhDs and MDs. Trump has lost a lot of the more well-informed and well-educated people in his camp, but characterizing his entire voter base as "dumb hicks waiting to be conned" is unhelpful at best and harmful at worst.