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Campaign Gimmicks Dominate Voter Attention in 1972
Chicago columnist Robert W. Billings compares campaign trinkets from balloons to bumper stickers with no-issue appeals, noting both parties push charisma and spectacle. He cites Ogilvie and Walker as examples, and recalls past showman tactics like Big Bill Thompson's debating rat, concluding nostalgia lingers for flamboyant campaigns.
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