Word: populists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Florida setback, he unveiled a "new Muskie"-fighting vigorously and taking the offensive on three fronts: the war, the economy and the Administration's ties to big business. His stance became distinctly populist...
...Last year Walker got publicity by walking 1,200 miles around the state, spreading a populist message: he roasted his opponent for suggesting an increase in the state income tax; he denounced some of Daley's proposed public works in Chicago; he opposed busing. But what he chiefly presented to the voters was Walker the man -straight-shooting, indignant, a mite self-righteous. He would lock eyes with his audience and demand: "Aren't you fed up with race-track and shoe-box politics?" It was an allusion to scandals that have embarrassed the Daley machine. Voters apparently...
...series of in-depth surveys. The first effort, in Florida, queried 389 voters in eleven Florida counties as they emerged from the polling booths. The interviews turned up four interesting points as to why Floridians voted as they did. They revealed that 1) George Wallace is seen as a populist rather than an extremist; 2) busing was the cutting issue only because no candidate knew how to benefit from widespread concern about the economy; 3) Edmund Muskie is still potentially stronger than the size of his vote would indicate; and 4) Richard Nixon is the real choice of Florida...
WALLACE. He scored two significant successes in Florida. One, obviously, was his strong showing at the polls, the other his successful projection of a respectable, populist image. Among Wallace voters, 84% said that they thought more highly of him now than they did a few months ago, 59% saw him as a champion of the working man, and 55% as honest and courageous. In fact, 41 % of the Florida voters sampled who consider themselves moderates cast their ballots for Wallace. His winning populist profile pre-empted Jackson's ability to score as an antibusing candidate. Of those Floridians...
...Gandhi now has an unchallengeable mandate to promote her populist policies, including more aid to farmers and more effective distribution of land. It has also placed her in a stronger position-despite political backing from the Soviet Union in the Indo-Pakistani war-to pursue foreign policies of her own choosing. Last week, before leaving for a visit to India's ally the Soviet Union, Pakistan's President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto indicated that he is willing to drop his country's longstanding claim to Kashmir. It was a particularly eloquent bit of proof that Jawaharlal Nehru...