demagoguing

noun

1. Obsolete a leader of the common people
2. a person who tries to stir up the people by appeals to emotion, prejudice, etc. in order to win them over quickly and so gain power

Origin: < Gr dēmagōgos, leader of the people < dēmos, the people (see democracy) + agōgos, leader < agein, to lead: see act

intransitive verb demagogued or demagoged, demagoguing or demagoging