Pop culture and politics have a history of crossover and these intersections

take on new significance during an election year when campaigns jockey for

endorsements from the entertainment industry's biggest stars hoping their candidate

will latch on to mainstream pop momentum. This summer it was the fluorescent

Kamala is Brat phenomenon a meme started by British singer Charlie XCX on social media, and then echoed by the

Harris campaign and voters across platforms.

A hundred years earlier, when viral was not a good thing, a different kind of celebrity endorsed the country's 29th president, Warren G Harding.

Vaudeville movie star and singer Al Jolen wrote a song especially for him.

Harding, you're the man for us.

And Mr Harding, we've selected you.

So it's Hardingy lead the GOP.

The idea hit and by 1960 another superstar Frank Sinatra sang of his high hopes for a John F. Kennedy presidency.

Everyone is voting for Jack because he's got what all the rest lack.

Sinatra's rat pack mate Sammy Davis Jr. threw his weight behind Richard

Nixon and the celebrity role was locked in. Boxing legend Mohammed Ali endorsed Ronald Reagan, a celebrity actor in his own right.

In 2008, it was Oprah, a beloved multimedia icon making her first political

endorsement for Barack Obama.

You ready to run for Hillary?

Eight years later, pop stars Katie Perry and Demi Lovato backed Hillary Clinton.

The 2024 presidential race is no different.

On the last night of the Republican Convention in Milwaukee, singer Kid Rock kicked off a big name lineup.

A few minutes later, retired wrestler Hulk Hogan ripped off his shirt to reveal a Trump Vance

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