Sunday, December 2, 2007

Negative Campaign Ads 2008

As the presidential election nears, campaign ads are beginning to increase. With so many candidates hoping to win their party's nomination, it is very clear that this coming year's advertising will include political attack ads that could try to ruin a candidate's campaign.

Unlike other election years, though, the internet will be used as another tool for anonymous and unregulated campaigning.

There is a debate over whether negative ads change voter opinions and benefit voters by "helping them understand where candidates differ"or if they really do not affect voter opinions at all.
Do you think negative campaign ads will affect this coming election at all? If so, will they hurt certain candidates more than others?

1 comment:

William Chen said...

Personally, I do not like negative campaign ads at all. I prefer contrasts ads because that way, a candidate can show that his/her plan is better than the oppositions. I think that if a candidate has to attack the opponent, it shows that the candidate has to find fault with another's plan because he/she is too afraid to discuss his/her own plan in fear of contradicting himself/herself.