Female audiences responded to substantive economic campaigning

Evidence

Taken aback, Smith decided to give it a try. He spoke on the economic issues of the campaign. A master at gauging crowd reaction, he saw as he spoke that the technique was succeeding, and when he finished, the reception was as enthusiastic as the ones he received in Tammany clubhouses. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 410

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Women’s suffrage in 1918 forced candidates to court female voters through intermediaries — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 405