The B.J.P.'s leader, Narendra Modi, has campaigned on his economic policies, appealing to the frustrated expectations of India's new middle class.
Cassandra Eaton, a private music instructor, said that as a black woman, she might not see eye to eye with Mr. Gore on all issues, but she considered his policies appealing to the middle class.
A troubling aspect of this account, however, is that it does not explain why voters find populist policies appealing.
The Big Tent Festival, organised by 50-year-old Conservative MP George Freeman, aimed to discuss ways to renew centre-right politics, and come up with policies appealing to non-traditional Conservative voters.
If the president does engage in force development policy, the uniformed services know they can undermine or even overturn presidential policy by appealing directly to congressional committees for relief.
The longer that scrap goes on, the less the BJP can focus on putting forward ideas for government, policy or appealing to urban voters.
If reducing emissions amounts to hoarding wealth, the coal and oil lobbies will successfully resist effective climate policy by appealing to the economic interests of the poor and the middle class.
He said: "Government must recognise energy efficiency as a national infrastructure priority and be prepared to delve into its purse to make its flagship policy more appealing through stronger incentives and more attractive finance options".
But, aside from his desire to protect those policies, by appealing to black voters to go to the polls he was also asking them to counter a new effort to suppress the black vote, which grew in strength during his Presidency.
"Other developed countries show that nationalised rail can work if managed well," he said, adding that a fall in living standards made a redistributionist policy programme more appealing.
