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What Ted Nugent and Demi Lovato can do for Trump and Clinton

  • Written by David Jackson, Professor of Political Science, Bowling Green State University

Celebrity involvement in presidential politics in 2016 has deviated from tradition in one big way.

Donald Trump cruised to the Republican nomination on the strength of his own celebrity status. He parlayed his celebrity status, insult-comic debate skills and Twitter tirades into an estimated US$2 billion worth of free media.

In contrast, Ronald...

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