silent majority

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  12/17/2022
  

  Frank Shakespeare, 97, Helped Nixon Campaign Redefine Campaign Ads

  Influential ads produced by Shakespeare helped Nixon to associate crime and disorder with opponents and overcome suspicion of Nixon's character and personality. 

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• 10/30/2022
  

  Understanding the Political Power of Nixon's "Silent Majority"

  by George Case

  Nixon's comment, arguably a throwaway line at the time, has become prophetic as the public across the political spectrum fears they are being manipulated and deceived. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  8/26/2020
  

  The Daily: Trump's Suburban Strategy (audio)

  Trump has used recent protests to double down on a suburban strategy based in fear of crime and disorder. Writer Emily Badger investigates whether it will work. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/4/2020
  

  Harsh Rhetoric Tears Us Apart — And Can Make Violence Seem Acceptable

  by Charles Holden, Zach Messitte and Jerald Podair

  The pugilistic speeches that caused Agnew’s political star to rise also eroded Americans’ bonds of empathy at a time when the nation desperately needed statesmanship.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  9/18/19
  

  Why Democrats can’t speak for the ‘silent majority’

  by Seth Blumenthal

  President Trump is exactly the kind of champion the voting bloc wants.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  10-1-18
  

  Politicians have long used the ‘forgotten man’ to win elections

  by Donald Critchlow

  The silent majority spoke in 1968 and again 1972 by voting a Republican into the White House, just as they did in 2016 when they voted for Donald Trump.