Yes, they are. The phenomenon can be called ultrapopulism. When the cohort of people that can be made to vote even for a devil himself with the most banal promises of free vodka and sausages exceeds a critical mass needed to guarantee a party courting it a political majority, the hell breaks loose.

In such cases, why would one even bother to resort to a complex party-political movement and value system cultivation courting moderately smart people, when the electorate secured through such means will have no chance exceeding the electorate of a hyperpopulism practitioner.