Let’s be blunt: Most political endorsements have about as much effect as publishing poetry.
Each campaign season, candidates hype an endless series of woodenly worded statements of support — “California Local 666 of the International Lamplighters Union Proudly Endorses Cemetery Board Chairman Horace Blatt for Re-election!” — which are designed to impress voters (and reporters), but which are, most often, decidedly unimpressive.
For example, the Washington Post political writer Chris Cillizza has posited a 10-step “Endorsement Hierarchy” to argue that only rarely does a politician-to-politician endorsement have potential to affect campaign dynamics.