Celebrity influence...how big is it in the political arena?

emilyk3

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday January 18, 2008 · 11:44 AM PST

2008/01/18 · 11:44

Take a second and think of your favorite celebrity...got one in mind? Now imagine that they have endorsed a candidate in the 2008 election. Would you be influenced by that endorsement? What if you were young, a college student, or someone who did not know much about any of the candidates, would that make you more likely to take their support into account?

emilyk3

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday January 11, 2008 · 3:08 PM PST

2008/01/11 · 15:08

The topic of politics is unavoidable. Everything we do as citizens has been shaped by political actions and has been taken up as political issues. It amazes me that people, yes I know of some, try so hard to stay away from the subject. Not too long ago, I tried to bring up the issue of the 2008 election to a friend, only to be told that she didn’t care about what was going on. She didn’t care about what was going on in the nation or the world, because, get this, it didn’t relate to her and her life.

RSS

Celebrity influence...how big is it in the political arena?

Opening thoughts