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US Politicians Who Ran Influential Losing Campaigns

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US Governors Who Became National Political Figures
US Governors Who Became National Political Figures
by curious_compiler  • 
4 in common: Robert M. La Follette, Al Smith and 2 more
Statehouses have produced seventeen presidents and many more national figures, and the 'laboratories of democracy' idea suggests governors bring tested records with them. Sometimes they do...
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Political Figures Who Built Support Through Local Organising
Political Figures Who Built Support Through Local Organising
by curious_compiler  • 
3 in common: Shirley Chisholm, Bernie Sanders and 1 more
Political support often has a local history long before it becomes a national headline. These examples follow work through neighbourhood institutions, unions, voter-registration organisations...
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Political Leaders Who Used New Media Early
Political Leaders Who Used New Media Early
by curious_compiler  • 
3 in common: Ron Paul, Howard Dean and 1 more
A phonograph greeting, a radio address, a campaign website and a gaming livestream belong to different moments in political communication. This selection follows leaders who tried emerging media...
Politics
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American Politicians Who Built Cross-Party Coalitions
American Politicians Who Built Cross-Party Coalitions
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: George McGovern
Bipartisanship is praised so often that it can sound like an end in itself. It is not: some cross-party deals produced landmark laws, and some produced compromises that later looked costly. This...
Politics
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American Political Speechwriters Worth Knowing
American Political Speechwriters Worth Knowing
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Pat Buchanan
Most presidential speeches are drafted by people the audience never sees, and some of the most quoted lines in American politics came from them. This list introduces the writers themselves, from...
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Political Rivals Whose Debates Clarified a National Choice
Political Rivals Whose Debates Clarified a National Choice
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Ross Perot
A useful political debate makes a disagreement easier to inspect: who should pay, which institution should decide, or what a government should do when its options carry different risks. These 20...
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Political Figures Who Resigned over Matters of Principle
Political Figures Who Resigned over Matters of Principle
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: William Jennings Bryan
What makes a resignation more than a change of personnel? These departures expose a stated conflict between holding office and a policy, promise or responsibility the officeholder believed they...
Politics
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Politicians Who Changed Their Party's Direction
Politicians Who Changed Their Party's Direction
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Barry Goldwater
Every new party leader promises a fresh start, and most deliver a new slogan. This list is about the ones who actually moved their party: rewrote its programme, changed who joined and how it was...
Politics
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American Mayors Who Changed How Their Cities Worked
American Mayors Who Changed How Their Cities Worked
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Bernie Sanders
Mayors are judged on crime rates and booms they often did not cause. This list looks instead at the specific changes a mayor made to how a city is run: who gets contracts, how complaints are...
Politics
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Political Organisers Who Changed American Elections
Political Organisers Who Changed American Elections
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Howard Dean
American elections are usually told through candidates. This list is about the people who changed who votes, how they are reached and how the map is drawn: party builders, voter registration...
Politics
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People Who Pursued Several Serious Careers at Once
People Who Pursued Several Serious Careers at Once
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Theodore Roosevelt
Most people who change careers do so one after another. These people ran two or more demanding careers side by side: a concert pianist who led a government, a doctor who toured as an organist to...
People
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Political Figures Who Shaped Competition Policy
Political Figures Who Shaped Competition Policy
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Theodore Roosevelt
Competition policy needs more than a promise to oppose monopolies. It needs rules, agencies, evidence and workable remedies. These historical cases compare lawmakers, ministers, commissioners and...
Politics
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Presidents Whose Domestic Reforms Outlasted Them
Presidents Whose Domestic Reforms Outlasted Them
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Theodore Roosevelt
Presidents are often judged on wars and summits, but the reforms that quietly keep running long after they leave office tell you more about what governing can achieve. This list picks presidents...
Politics
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African Entrepreneurs Who Built Businesses for Local Needs
African Entrepreneurs Who Built Businesses for Local Needs
by curious_compiler  • 
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These are founders who looked at a problem in their own country and built a business around it: hair products for Black South Africans under apartheid, bank accounts for Kenyans the big banks...
Business
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Women Scientists Whose Contributions Were Recognised Late
Women Scientists Whose Contributions Were Recognised Late
by curious_compiler  • 
More from curious_compiler
The history of science is full of women whose discoveries were credited to others, ignored or only properly acknowledged decades later. This list, in rough order of when the work was done, gives...
People
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