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The big lever : party politics in Leslie County, Kentucky / an Appalshop production ; a film by Frances Morton with [twelve others].
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Republican Party (Ky.).
- Leslie County (Ky.)--Politics and government.
- Leslie County (Ky.).
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (55 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Whitesburg, KY : Appalshop Inc., 1982.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- For Nixon's first public appearance since resigning the presidency, Richard Nixon chose the small mountain community of Leslie County, Kentucky. Priceless footage of Nixon's 1978 visit introduces this incisive and sometimes hilarious look at the engines that drive American politics. The film explores the machinations of party politics in this rural and staunchly Republican county: hollow to hollow vote-hunting; family squabbles over candidates; patronage promises; speech-making on the courthouse steps; and the up-and-down career of the incumbent county Judge-Executive who sought re-election while under indictment for vote fraud conspiracy.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed September 22, 2025).
- OCLC:
- 1150974619
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