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Public Relations - A Major Force in Political Campaigns

Excerpt from "Public Relations - A Major Force in Political Campaigns" by Morton B. Lawrence, Public Relations Quarterly Volume 4 #2, 1959

PR Techniques in Political Campaigning

Let us examine the place of the public relations man in a political campaign. He is generally the coordinator of ideas, but fundamentally he is an interpreter of policy. As the political parties and the candidates have their own points of view on most issues, he is not called upon to make policy, nor should he attempt to do so. He must, however, gauge possible public reaction to any stand which his candidate may take on an issue and, in the light of his findings, present the candidate's views in a way which will ...

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