Populism is from the word populus, or people.
Democracy is from the word demos, or people. I guess it depends whether you like Latin or Greek better.
People also comes from populus, via medieval French. We have pueblo, peuple in Romance language.
Demófilo is lover of the people, the pen-name for Antonio Machado y Álvarez.
Demagogue is negative, democrat is positive.
A Republican will always say the "Democrat Party," not the "Democratic Party." Res publica, the public thing, is not the same as democracy, rule by the people.
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