popular base, n.All

A Popular base (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what a party of wealth must go out and recruit once its real program grows too extreme to win a single vote if described honestly.