Opinion | Celebrity worship of politicians is dying. It's about time. By _pem_pem.
to suggest that this ever-higher ad spending does little to convince Americans to vote a particular way. And, I'd argue, the crop of candidates who did well in 2020 was proof of a growing rejection of this kind of politics: Sen. Bernie Sandersnot with sleek branding, but by convincing Democrats and some Republicans that policy — specifically policy meant to help the working class — and morals were what mattered in politics.
But there are signs that the dissolution of politicians-as-influencers is going in a more positive direction, one in which people fight for actual, material change
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