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A demagogue, or rabble-rouser, is a political leader in a democracy who gains popularity by arousing the common people against elites, especially through oratory that whips up the passions of crowds,
José Clemente Orozco's painting The Demagogue, 1946
Adolf Hitler in 1927, rehearsing his oratorical gestures; photo by Heinrich Hoffmann, Bundesarchiv
Huey Long, governor of Louisiana
Senator Joseph McCarthy, an American demagogue
Huey Long
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Huey Pierce Long Jr., nicknamed "The Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassinati
Demagogue
…from his "common-man" appeal to disregard the moderate customs of the aristocratic elite. Modern demagogues include Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and Joseph McCarthy, all of whom built mass followings the same way that Cleon did: by exciting the passions of the masses against…
Card for Long's 1924 gubernatorial campaign
Long's office in the Governor's Mansion
Long's impeachment was conducted at the Old Louisiana State Capitol.