Why 2020 is a ‘meme election’

Democratic candidates like President Donald Trump and Michael Bloomberg are increasingly using their memoirs in 2020, holding off on the online joke format for making their political cases. Chris Cillizza explains why memes are so important in our current political discourse.

SOURCES AND READ MORE:
“Thank you Obama.” The evolution of a meme defined a presidency.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/02/13/thanks-obama-the-evolution-of-a-meme-that-defined-a-presidency/.

Bernie Sanders 2020 meme race is winning, but can internet fandom pick it up?
https://www.businessinsider.com/bernie-sanders-democratic-frontrunner-memes-meme-economy-once-again-asking-2020-2.

Trump’s new announcement is revived, and the “Sick Hillary” attack has prevailed
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/11/new-trump-ad-revives-and-mainstreams-sick-hillary-attack/.

Hillary Clinton’s “Radical Fringe” says the G.O.P. Under the command of Donald Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/us/politics/hillary-clinton-speech.html.

Hillary Clinton’s right-hand side note
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/25/hillary-clintons-alt-right-speech-annotated/.

How the Russian Trolls Used America’s War to Divide
https://www.wired.com/story/russia-ira-propaganda-senate-report/.

Biden parodied videos by Bloomberg, with criticism from Obama
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-parodies-bloomberg-memes-in-video-featuring-obama-criticism.

Elizabeth Warren turned to herself
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katherinemiller/elizabeth-warren-presidential-campaign-plan-meme.

Wake up, Democrats! Memes Matter in the 2020 race
https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-wake-up-democrats-memes-matter-in-the-race-to-2020/.

You now have less focus on fish than fish
https://time.com/3858309/attention-spans-goldfish/.

Donald Trump “has a fondness for photography-filled minds,” the new report says
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-latest-pictures-intelligence-briefings-new-report-a7763831.html.

Here’s Mike Bloomberg posting the paid agents for the presidential campaign on Instagram
https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-bloomberg-campaign-memes-paid-instagram-influencers-2020-2.

Michael Bloomberg’s campaign suddenly throws Memes everywhere
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/style/michael-bloomberg-memes-jerry-media.html.

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