Marketing execs believe deeper relationships, understanding influencers can avoid potential backlash in politics

Ahead of the upcoming presidential election, brands have pushed for influencers to be apolitical as well as planned “dark periods” where they’ll pause influencer marketing campaigns. That will likely be the new norm even after Election Day, but influencer marketing and agency execs believe it’ll usher in a new era of marketers getting to know the influencers they work with better rather than totally pausing the relationship all together.