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Interesting how Hillary is the only one who was referred to by first name. "Vote for Clinton" didn't register as much as "Vote for Hillary"
by artursapek 10y ago
Interesting how Hillary is the only one who was referred to by first name. "Vote for Clinton" didn't register as much as "Vote for Hillary"
- rokosbasilisk 10y agomaybe it was to differentiate her from bill clinton?
- adventured 10y agoShe's the only one that had a spouse that was formerly President and or otherwise very famous. Hillary's campaign and supporters heavily marketed her by first name rather than last name to try to bolster her own political identity.
- EdiX 10y agoMy impression is that this was a choice of her campaign (differentiate from Bill Clinton? make her seem friendlier?). Jeb Bush and Bernard Sanders also had campaigns centered around their first names.
- somebodynew 10y agoI find it odd that you refer to "Bernard" when he's almost universally referred to as Bernie, but simultaneously call John Bush "Jeb". I'm missing whatever the intended meaning of the way you wrote these names was.
- ericcumbee 10y agoyou mean Jeb! right?
- dzdt 10y agoI have noticed there is a strong bias that women are more often referred to by their first name compared to men in the same position. For example in discussing college professors, a single-word identifier for a male professor is most often their last name; for a woman it is much more often their first name. Keep your ears open -- you will hear it!