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Not all political comedy is equal – how comics can either depress turnout or activate voters in 2024

  • Written by Sophia A. McClennen, Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature, Penn State
imageFormer President Donald Trump's many missteps made him an easy target for amateur jokesters.Ron Adar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Biden is old. Trump has weird hair. Biden mangles the English language. Trump barely seems to understand it.

There’s no question that it is easy to make fun of the two top presidential candidates for...

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