<description>&lt;p&gt;This week, we take a look at one of the tools of political marketing – the campaign song.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Politicians have used songs going all the way back to at least the 1700s.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes the songs are written expressly for the political party or candidate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, politicians co-opt pop songs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And sometimes, pop artists have a major problem with that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This week, we take a look at one of the tools of political marketing – the campaign song.&nbsp;Politicians have used songs going all the way back to at least the 1700s.&nbsp;Sometimes the s…

This week, we take a look at one of the tools of political marketing – the campaign song.&nbsp;Politicians have used songs going all the way back to at least the 1700s.&nbsp;Sometimes the songs are written expressly for the political party or candidate.&nbsp;Sometimes, politicians co-opt pop songs.&nbsp;And sometimes, pop artists have a major problem with that. <hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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Orchestrating Elections: Political Campaign Songs

Orchestrating Elections: Political Campaign Songs

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