Jordan is a freshman in college and is at the very beginning of perry's scheme of cognitive development. he believes that:

I believe the answer is: authorities know what is right.
The beginning Perry's scheme of cognitive development refers to the dualism stage. In this stage, we already understand the concept of true or false. But in order to understand what considered as true and what considered as false, we have to rely on the guidance of other people.

Explanation:

I don't quite know what you mean by what policies did they support.

To help me better understand your question , i need to know; Who are the people you are talking about and referring to as  the word "they"?

On the other hand I do have the answer to your other question;

Thomas E.Watson was a famous georgia politician who was a famous populist.