Can political ads influence the outcome of an election?

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Talk Show, News, Npr, Daily, On Point

4.3 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The midterms are coming, and your TV's already been flooded with campaign ads. But do the ads even work? Do they sway voters at all? Christopher Warshaw and Dan Bayens join Meghna Chakrabarti.

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0:19.5	This is on point.
0:20.6	I'm Megna Chakrabardi.
0:22.6	There was a McDonald's commercial that ran
0:26.1	back when I was a kid.
0:27.8	And I still remember it.
0:30.3	You know, the one about Big Macs?
0:32.1	It goes to all beef, patty, special sauce, lettuce, cheese.
0:37.2	And if you're a certain age, I bet the rest of the tune
0:39.9	is already rolling around in your head
0:41.7	and could be stuck there for the rest of the day.
0:45.3	If so, I'm actually very sorry about that.
0:47.7	But the point is that decades later, I remember that ad.
0:52.7	It was super effective.
0:55.2	I can even say that it probably pulled me
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