folksiness

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In 2008, John McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who entranced the GOP elites with her good looks and her plain-spoken, rural folksiness, seemed to be their dream come true.

From Salon • May 16, 2025

Sykes has attempted to play up his folksiness, referring to himself as “just a country lawyer” multiple times to the jury.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2023

He affects a soothing familiarity, an almost Bidenesque folksiness.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2021

When I finally exited the interstate and visited downtown, which has a very walkable 23-block commercial core lined mostly with historic, two-story brick buildings, I found a rough-edged folksiness I fell in love with.

From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2019

A town in the middle of Indiana would be, in its folksiness and local color as well as its struggles, a foil for that far-away glamour.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2017