Orchestrating Elections: Political Campaign Songs

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Orchestrating Elections: Political Campaign Songs

In this episode from our archives, we take a look at one of the tools of political marketing – the campaign song.Politicians have used songs going all the way back to at least the 1700s.Sometimes the songs are written expressly for the political party or candidate.Sometimes, poli ...  Show more

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