A look at political ads in 7 swing states
On Point | Podcast
WBUR
4.2 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
2024 is set to be a record-breaking year for political advertising, with some $10.2 billion spent across the U.S. Most of those dollars are aimed at seven swing states. What do voters in those states see on their TVs and online — and what does that say about current political messaging?
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| 0:30.0 | This is on point I'm Magnichak Rabardi. |
| 0:32.0 | This year is breaking records for money spent on political advertising and on point |
| 0:39.1 | swing state listeners are living it. |
| 0:49.0 | So I live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and we are just inundated with ads 24-70. They are possible to avoid. |
| 0:50.0 | It seems that this year the ads are very relentless about the presidential election. |
| 0:55.0 | It's interesting because it always seems to be balanced. |
| 0:58.0 | If you get one for Harris, you get another one for Trump. |
| 1:01.0 | Another one for Harris, another one for |
| 1:03.0 | here, |
| 1:05.0 | here's another one for Trump. Overwhelmed with them, I think they have no influence on me. I've been a never |
| 1:07.8 | trumper since he first came on the political scene and I think his ads are |
| 1:12.0 | full of lies and vicious and you know quite honestly I'm |
| 1:17.6 | not sure the Democrats do a whole lot better with that. |
| 1:20.6 | I don't pay much attention to him because you can tell about the editing that most of them are quoting things completely out of context. |
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