As president, Lázaro Cárdenas traveled through the states and met people directly. A text of the UNAM’s Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades says that he “recorrió el país escuchando, discutiendo y atendiendo quejas, peticiones y protestas” (traveled the country listening to, discussing and attending to complaints, petitions and protests). He also opened the National Palace to groups of peasants to hear their petitions.
He was given the title Tata. In July 2023, a Purépecha community gave Claudia Sheinbaum the title Nana. Infobae reported that before her, only Cárdenas had received such a title.