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turn of the century candidates were waging “front porch” campaigns, with railroad cars of supporters traveling to hear the candidate speak from his home. Later came “whistle stop” campaigns with the candidates coming out to meet the people.
“As the campaigns became more personal, the parties diminished,” Mr. Melder said. In the 1950s air travel replaced the trains, and at the same time “television completed the media revolution that radio had begun,” he said.
“Until the 1960s conventions debated and nominations were settled,” he said. “Now conventions are media spectaculars staged for television.” He noted that there are fewer campaign buttons and “campaign hardware. Campaigns are less fun, and there is a loss of the sense of participation...Campaigns have changed in style, but some things never change,” he said, adding that Ross Perot is running as the “outsider, hero, the simple man from humble beginnings.”
“Campaigns tell us who we are, where we have been and where we are going,” he said. “Political institutions are the most powerful of social institutions. By the end of the campaign, we are whom we elect.”
The next program in the library’s first Friday series will be on Rappahannock’s haunted houses on November 6.
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