Political Ads In Ohio

The other day I was watching TV and then it went to commercials. The following commercials that I saw were completely ads for campaigns. It was unbelievable! The first two were about Obama. Then there was a short ad for the governors, which I do not remember who they are. The final two that came on were Mitt Romney. There were no other commercials that went on. To me it was kind of funny. At this point it’s just annoying how many ads they are putting up on TV. However, I can see how it could change some people’s minds.

            The content of these commercials were a little bit different. The first one that Obama had go out was putting Mitt Romney down. It showed how his economic plan will not work. The second one that showed was showing how he has helped so much. The second commercial was trying to make him look as good as possible. Mitt Romney’s first ad was quite similar because he put down Obama for not getting us out of this economic situation. The second ad showed how he would fix the economy if he was voted president. Both the ads were set up to tear down their opponent, and then make themselves look great. I thought the tactics they used were actually pretty affective.

            So you’re probably wondering why Ohio has all these ads. Ohio plays a huge roll in the election. It is probably the biggest swing state. That would be a great reason for all of these ads. To me it gets kind of annoying but it has to be done. Obama has spent 852.9 million on advertising. Romney has spent 752.3 million. Obama seems like he will have more TV commercials going out as we get closer to Election Day.

            However you look at it Ohio is a big state for Election Day. As long as this state stays a swing state there will always be a lot of ads. We will definitely have to get used to all of them!

NY Times Article on Political Advertising Spending

-Nathan Bond