Political Campaigns
Bebitch Jeffe discusses Bernie Sanders’ union endorsement
KQED radio talked to Bedrosian faculty affiliate Sherry Bebitch Jeffe this week to hear her reaction to Bernie Sanders’ recent endorsement from the National Nurses United labor union. “It must be giving Hillary Clinton a little bit of nervousness,” she told KQED’s Tara Siler Monday afternoon, adding Clinton was now forced to react to Sanders. “Another thing…
Tweeting a Successful Campaign
In the 2008 presidential campaign, the much more prominent use of social media by Barack Obama’s campaign served to highlight his relevance and forward-looking perspective. But by 2012, the social-media gap had narrowed sharply, with Twitter and other social media becoming a contentious political battlefield for candidates from both parties. However, a new paper argues…