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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

It's All Politics

Midterm Election Ads: Barrage In Numbers And Negativity

Screen image from a TV ad by the conservative Crossroads GPS. The ad took aim at Rep. Joe Sestak.

January 12, 2011 Political Scientists found that jobs were the top theme in Democrats' and Republicans' ads but the GOP ads argued for "change" in a way Democrats couldn't. Also, Republicans mentioned health care three times as often in their ads as Democrats.

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