About the project…
Songs of Political Persuasion is a website and research project devoted to the study and performance of campaign songs published in songsters between 1840 and 1918.
Our mission...
To foster an interest in music and electioneering among researchers, educators, and students and to inform the public on how sound can be used as a tool of persuasion.
Songs of Political Persuasion is a spinoff of Trax on the Trail, a website and research project devoted to the study of music and sound in contemporary US presidential campaigns. It is our mission to promote a more critical evaluation of how music and sound shape the public’s perceptions of presidential candidates. 
