Democratic vs populist

Democratic

adj
  • Of, pertaining to, or supporting the Democratic Party. 

populist

adj
  • Democratic. 

  • Put forward just because it would be popular. 

  • Of or pertaining to populism. 

noun
  • A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular. 

  • A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen). 

  • A person who advocates democratic principles. 

How often have the words Democratic and populist occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )