“Name recognition saves a campaign millions of dollars,” said Ethan Zorfas, Senior Vice President at political consulting firm Axiom Strategies. “That starting point gives you this huge advantage.”
Zorfas, who consulted on the first and only political campaign for former Auburn football coach - and now U.S. Senator - Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), said name recognition is harder to buy than it used to be.
“Whether it be a mayoral or presidential race, the first conversation (consultants have) with a candidate is how to make people generally aware of you,” Zorfas said. “With so many different ways to connect with voters, you can’t just (get name recognition) on TV anymore.”
April 06, 2021
The thing about being both well-known and on Twitter, I suppose, is that if you royally, utterly, abysmally blow it, there are no fingers on earth fast enough to delete it before someone screenshots it and saves it in perpetuity. Especially if you send that tweet at the absolute worst possible time. This was certainly the case with Senator Rafael Warnock of Georgia, who is also the senior pastor of New Ebenezer Baptist Church, which was once pastored by no less than the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The thing about being both well-known and on Twitter, I suppose, is that if you royally, utterly, abysmally blow it, there are no fingers on earth fast enough to delete it before someone screenshots it and saves it in perpetuity. Especially if you send that tweet at the absolute worst possible time. This was certainly the case with Senator Rafael Warnock of Georgia, who is also the senior pastor of New Ebenezer Baptist Church, which was once pastored by no less than the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
On Easter Sunday, of all days, Senator Warnock tweeted, “The meaning of Easter is more transcendent than the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Whether you are Christian or not, through a commitment to helping others we are able to save ourselves.” (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/warnock-deletes-easter-tweet-amid-backlash)
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