{"id":5657,"date":"2015-10-12T23:09:08","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T04:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?page_id=5657"},"modified":"2015-10-13T23:42:03","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T04:42:03","slug":"8-times-country-singers-placed-their-vote","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/the-history\/8-times-country-singers-placed-their-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Times Country Singers Placed Their Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the presidential election of 2016<\/a> soon approaching, some celebrities are coming out in support of their favorite candidates. The Hill has started a list<\/a> of celebrity endorsements that includes the most recent announcement by Willie Robertson from \u201cDuck Dynasty\u201d who has got Donald Trump\u2019s back. The musicians range from Dave Mathews who has hope in democratic candidate Bernie Sanders to Kid Rock who seems to think that Republican neurosurgeon Ben Carson makes the most sense.\u00a0\"giphy\"<\/p>\n

It seems that throughout history, country music singers and song writers don’t mind expressing their political view points.\u00a0Some sing about it, some tweet about it, and some throw out those dollars bills to support it.\u00a0Taste of Country has come up with the most political country singers<\/a>\u00a0that don’t mind letting the world know how they feel about certain issues. You would think that with all these artists coming forward with their opinions there would be more songs regarding the election, but I expect in the next year or so we will be seeing a lot more. Let\u2019s take a look through time to see what country singers had to say about political figures and events.<\/p>\n

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1. “Breadline Blues\u201d written and performed by Bernard \u201cSlim\u201d Smith (1931)<\/p>\n