How did the defeat of the Populists symbolize the way the nation was changing?

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Explanation:

In the 1892 presidential election, the Populist ticket of James B. Weaver and James G. Field won 8.5% of the popular vote and carried four Western states, becoming the first third party since the end of the American Civil War to win electoral votes.

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studies show tha in 7.5 billion years from now, the expanding sun will engulf, and destroy, the earth.