TV ads fail to move Penn. voters in poll
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The front-runners in the race for Senate and governor maintained their leads as televised political advertising increased, two statewide polls released Thursday found.
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Can newscasts retain the college crowd beyond the elections?
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In 1935, researchers from Columbia University fanned out around the city of Allentown, Pa., and handed out leaflets ahead of local and state elections. What residents did not know was that they were part of an experiment in political persuasion -- an experiment whose results came to mind last week...
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With Election Day a little more than six weeks away, Americans are being bombarded with often-conflicting polls, adding another layer of confusion to a contest
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Some elections are about persuasion. This one is about turnout. In past presidential debates, candidates have tried to change people&#39;s minds and win over undecideds.
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The front-runners in the race for Senate and governor maintained their leads as televised political advertising increased, a statewide poll released Thursday found.
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In West Virginia mine country, television ads say President Bush has "broken his promise to invest in coal." In Wisconsin, voters see spots saying the factory state "has lost 84,000 manufacturing jobs" under the Republican. And Florida's large retiree population gets a commercial that claims Bush's policies have "banned Americans from buying low-cost drugs from Canada."
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The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on the presidential race on based on telephone interviews with 1,001 adults, including 798 registered voters, from all states except Alaska and Hawaii. The interviews were conducted August 3-5 by Ipsos-Public Affairs.
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Viewers who felt like someone was telling them to vote for or against George W. Bush or John Kerry every time they turned on the TV last year weren't far off: Political parties and others spent nearly &#36;178 million more on such ads in 2004 than they did in the 2000 election.
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Clinton strategist Mark Penn says swing voters hold the key to '08 success.
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PRESIDENT (21) &#151; Kerry and Bush in tight race in state that president lost by 4.2 points in 2000. Bush visited Pennsylvania 44 times during term.
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A gift of free air time to GOP candidates from a Fresno-area broadcaster drew challenges on several fronts Thursday, as Democrats tried to stop the ads from running in key areas before Tuesday's election.
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NEW YORK The last Newsweek poll before election day suggests a big majority of Americans don&#39;t expect smooth sailing at voting booths.
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Freshman Pennsylvania Rep. Michael G. Fitzpatrick is a Republican. But what he is trying hardest to impress upon his constituents this year, as he bids for a second term in suburban PhiladelphiaÃ¢ÂÂs politically competitive 8th District, is just how often he doesnÃ¢ÂÂt line up with his party.
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Political advertising at Tribune Co.'s television stations is picking up somewhat as the November elections approach, although it is too soon to predict overall fourth-quarter ad trends, the company's broadcasting chief said on Thursday.
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By The Philadelphia Inquirer  Feb. 6--More than three years ago, Mayor Street endorsed moving ahead on the long-delayed promise of a citizen-run cable television station for Philadelphia -- still the largest American city without a TV outlet for amateur programming.
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NEW YORK -- Imagine: You turn on the TV and see a campaign ad. Your neighbor down the hall, watching the same channel at the same moment, sees a different ad selected for her in part because she's Hispanic, single, owns a dog and drinks Bud Light.