Explain the platform/demands of the populist party and reasons behind those demands.

The Populist Party was made for farmers, to ensure their equality, and wealth seeing as most of American's food came from them. At that time crop prices were dropping, and the standard of living of said farmers diminished. 

The 1796 United States presidential election was the third quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Friday, November 4 to Wednesday, December 7, 1796. It was the first contested American presidential election, the first presidential election in which political parties played a dominant role, and the only presidential election in which a president and vice president were elected from opposing tickets.

Explanation:  United States presidential election of 1796, American presidential election held in 1796, in which Federalist John Adams defeated Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson. The election of 1796 marked the emergence of the political party system in the United States.