Shocking things you didn't know about every US president. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options. Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Jennifer Hussein. A number of celebrities have spoken about being a Democrat. Taylor Swift has endorsed numerous Democratic politicians, and she has been vocal about wanting to vote President Donald Trump out of office. Chrissy Teigen and John Legend have also supported Democratic candidates over the past few years.
Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. Amy Schumer is vocal about her opposition to President Trump. Taylor Swift has been vocal about wanting to vote President Trump out of office. In the past, Chrissy Teigen has been vocal about her support for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. John Legend has been open about his views. Oprah Winfrey has gone door-to-door for Democratic candidates.
Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer are vocal Democrats. Tom Hanks has supported Democratic candidates for over a decade. Elizabeth Warren. Now that Biden is the presumptive nominee, Legend has performed at fundraisers for the vice president. Actor, director and activist George Clooney has thrown his considerable star power behind the Biden campaign.
Clooney is expected to host a virtual fundraiser for Biden with former President Barack Obama. Singer Cher, one of a handful of stars who threatened to leave the U. Andrew Cuomo would make a good emergency replacement for Biden if needed. At the event, she said her two boys were asking her about the protests in Minneapolis over the killing of George Floyd.
Comedian Sarah Cooper, who found viral fame by lip-syncing Donald Trump videos on Tik Tok, addressed the Democratic National Convention to criticize the president's attacks on mail-in voting. And it's your right. Don't let Donald Trump take that away from you," Cooper said in a prepared video. I'm talking about a fierce compassion — the kind that fuels him, that drives him to fight against racial and economic injustice, that won't let him rest while people are struggling.
Singer Madonna has made her support of Joe Biden — and her disdain for President Trump — known to her Instagram followers. Actor Dustin Hoffman has offered his financial support to a long list of Democratic presidential hopefuls, from Joe Biden's run in all the way back to former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey's bid. Comic Wanda Sykes, a Biden booster and vocal critic of President Trump, has gone to battle on the internet with some of the president's supporters, including actor Scott Baio.
During the Great Depression, studio executives pressured their top stars to make donations to charities like the Red Cross. It offered an effective way to build goodwill with movie fans, in addition to elevating the social prestige of an industry run by Jewish immigrants — and frequently criticized by the Christian establishment for being immoral. Philanthropic causes soon pivoted to more political issues, like supporting the left-wing Popular Front in Spain and anti-fascist organizations in Los Angeles.
This mix of political fundraising and political activism, however, became a subject of controversy — particularly during the Cold War. Conservatives insisted that communists were manipulating Hollywood entertainers by using front organizations. Money raised for orphans or ambulances, the right believed, was actually going to the Communist Party. The fiercely anti-communist House Un-American Activities Committee launched investigations that questioned the patriotism of those who mobilized for progressive causes.
But celebrity activists, especially those committed to causes like racial equality, continued to find ways to raise money to support the civil rights movement. Sammy Davis Jr. Political parties did too. Elections increasingly relied on expensive television advertising campaigns. From to , the Nobel Prize-winning economist and political scientist Herbert Alexander found, campaign costs remained relatively stable --with each vote costing between 19 cents and 20 cents.
By the election, however, that price tag had escalated to 29 cents and then doubled by the election. Television ads were not the only culprit. The charismatic senator took to the primary campaign trail to build enthusiasm, excitement and media publicity to win the nomination. He relied on a privately funded publicity team — reminiscent of the Hollywood publicity machine his father, Joseph P.
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