6 Oct 2024

Celebrity endorsement and the US Election

From Sunday Morning, 10:21 am on 6 October 2024

This week saw the US Vice Presidential debate widely accepted as a tie and singer Chappell Roan faced backlash from fans for failing to endorse a candidate in the upcoming US presidential election. 

Dr Todd Belt is the director of the Political Management program at The Graduate School of Political Management in Washington DC. He joins Jim to discuss the campaign so far. 

People attend a watch party at Madhatter for the vice presidential debate between Demcocrat Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Republican Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto) (Photo by Allison Bailey / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

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