The article states that over the course of history, politicians have changed their accent in order to gain appeal with the voting population. The primary examples used are George W. Bush adopting a Texan drawl and Barack Obama adopting a slight Chicago accent on certain vowels. Of course we then hear over-exaggerated versions of their accent in late night television (mainly SNL) which then buys the politician publicity. It is possible that politicians will try to adopt odd speech patterns and accents to not only gain approval but to also become a source of comedy to make them relateable?