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2016 Postmortem

floppyboo

(2,461 posts) Sun May 22, 2016, 02:15 PM May 2016

Negative ads - how effective are they?

We all know how much money repubs threw at negative ads against Trump in the primaries. They didn't seem to work.
I don't know how much Hillary has spent on the Trump-is-a-misogynist ads, but they clearly aren't helping her as we watch he margin slip away.
This morning, I hear from Clinton that people should beware of supporting Sanders because no negative ads have been slung at him yet.

Is this a valid argument anymore?

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Negative ads - how effective are they? (Original Post) floppyboo May 2016 OP

Hillary has a 'consider the source' problem. In general negative ads work, however 4139 May 2016 #1

Everything that comes from them seems to be one big steaming pile of sh*t pdsimdars May 2016 #2

4139

(1,893 posts)

1. Hillary has a 'consider the source' problem. In general negative ads work, however

Reply to floppyboo (Original post)

Sun May 22, 2016, 03:37 PM

May 2016

Because the majority of voters doubt her honesty and truthfulness, negative trump ads coming from her may be taken with a grain of salt

pdsimdars

(6,007 posts)

2. Everything that comes from them seems to be one big steaming pile of sh*t

Reply to floppyboo (Original post)

Sun May 22, 2016, 03:57 PM

May 2016

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