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José Clemente Orozco's painting The Demagogue. A demagogue (/ ˈ d ɛ m ə ˌ ɡ ɒ ɡ /; from Ancient Greek δημαγωγός (dēmagōgós) 'popular leader, mob leader'; from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos) 'people, populace' and ἀγωγός (agōgós) 'leading, guiding'), [1] or rabble-rouser, [2] [3] is a political leader in a democracy who gains popularity by arousing the common ...
Orange – Christian democracy, populism, mutualist anarchism, classical liberalism, Ulster unionism Pink – feminism, LGBT movements, transgender rights movement Purple – monarchism, royalism Red – communism, democratic socialism, social democracy, socialism, American conservatism, Japanese conservatism Saffron – Hindu nationalism
muckraking: uncovering and publicizing scandalous information about a person or organization; mudslinging: harsh partisan insults exchanged between candidates. parachute candidate / carpetbagger: a candidate who runs for election in an area which they are not a native resident or has no ties.
Warren went up against Harris in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries, but dropped out after Super Tuesday. From Massachusetts, Warren is known for being a policy wonk who wants to tackle ...
Also called the Blue Dog Democrats or simply the Blue Dogs. A caucus in the United States House of Representatives comprising members of the Democratic Party who identify as centrists or conservatives and profess an independence from the leadership of both major parties. The caucus is the modern development of a more informal grouping of relatively conservative Democrats in U.S. Congress ...
Historian Kenneth Stampp has captured the Copperhead spirit in his depiction of Congressman Daniel W. Voorhees of Indiana: There was an earthy quality in Voorhees, "the tall sycamore of the Wabash." On the stump his hot temper, passionate partisanship, and stirring eloquence made an irresistible appeal to the western Democracy [i.e. the ...
Yes, she's got momentum, but that does not mean you let up, you accelerate. Let's keep going," she said. MORE: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she'll vote for Kamala Harris for two terms
The Democratic convention was an explosion of that Republican-detested word, diversity — a rising front in this century’s greatest battle between the promises of pluralistic, multiracial ...