Anonymous ID: d6b4c2 July 7, 2022, 7:50 a.m. No.16656892   🗄️.is đź”—kun

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apparently theres a lot of them

 

What are campaign surrogates?

They're more present now than ever. The question is: Can they really impact an election?

 

We’ve see them a lot in the last few days - famous people and politicians throwing support behind presidential and even gubernatorial candidates.

 

Whether it’s Oprah Winfrey stumping for Stacey Abrams, or President Donald Trump campaigning for Brian Kemp, these types of endorsements are called campaign surrogates. They’re more present now than ever. The question is: Can they really impact an election?

 

A campaign surrogate is another politician, celebrity or person of influence, campaigning on a candidate’s behalf. According to Eric Kasper, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, it’s an old practice dating back to the early days of politics.

 

“Very famously the Hutchinson family, which was a group of singers which toured the country in the 1850s, 1860s," Kasper explained. "They were very vocal supporters of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 election and they went out and spoke in favor of him at that time.”

 

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/elections/what-are-campaign-surrogates/85-611508975