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andym

(5,443 posts)
Wed Nov 30, 2016, 02:34 PM Nov 2016

Which campaign slogan strikes the strongest chord?

Often that is what people remember and associate with the candidate. I couldn't remember McCain's or Romney's-- at first thought did they even have one, but I found them online. But which of these themes sounds most compelling? And why? How much of a role do slogans play? I think for President Obama and Trump... alot. And that it made a difference in their respective elections.


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Stronger together/I'm with her (Hillary Clinton)
1 (33%)
Hope and Change/ Change we can believe in/ Change we need/Yes we can (Obama)
2 (67%)
Make America Great Again (Trump)
0 (0%)
Country First (McCain)
0 (0%)
Believe in America (Romney)
0 (0%)
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Which campaign slogan strikes the strongest chord? (Original Post) andym Nov 2016 OP
I think "Yes we can" was Obama's best slogan. Kentonio Nov 2016 #1
Good point andym Nov 2016 #2
It wasn't his: he borrowed it frazzled Nov 2016 #3
"Country First" sounds like a radio format. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #4
"Forward" (Obama) Donkees Nov 2016 #5
I remember "Fired Up. Ready to Go". hamsterjill Nov 2016 #6
 

Kentonio

(4,377 posts)
1. I think "Yes we can" was Obama's best slogan.
Wed Nov 30, 2016, 02:37 PM
Nov 2016

It cut through a lot of the lies put out by the Republicans and offered Democrats a simple and clear battle cry.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
3. It wasn't his: he borrowed it
Wed Nov 30, 2016, 02:52 PM
Nov 2016

from the Hispanic immigration movement, which inherited it from Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta's United Farm Worker slogan: "Si se puede."

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