![]() ![]() The big picture: More than eight in 10 TV ads tracked by the Wesleyan Media Project between Sept. Democrats have vastly outspent Republicans in the Minnesota gubernatorial race ad wars so far. In an expensive race with in-person campaigning still limited by the pandemic, the national issues being debated over the airwaves have set the tone. Trail mix: Minnesota Democrats dominate the airwaves. The two candidates have combined to spend more than $36 million on broadcast television ads at just over $18 million each, according to AdImpact, an ad tracking firm. Outside groups and super PACs have largely stayed on the sidelines. Idaho’s dominant Republican Party is at war with itself up and down the ballot ahead of its May 17 primaries. Political factions or parties began to form during the struggle over ratification of the federal Constitution of 1787. More than 60 percent of the spending has been on ads that have at least some negative comparisons or attacks, according to AdImpact.įour of the five most expensive ads for the McAuliffe campaign have been negative, with a particular focus on abortion, an issue that rocketed to the forefront of national politics after Texas passed a new law that bans almost all abortions. National Issues Dominate Ad Wars in Virginia Governor’s Race Unknown. The campaign has put the most money behind a 60-second ad that seizes on a hidden-camera video recorded by a liberal activist that showed Youngkin openly worrying about losing “independent votes” over the issue, but promising to go “on offense” to restrict access to abortion if Republicans also take the statehouse. The McAuliffe campaign portrayed Youngkin as beholden to the conservative fringe of the Republican Party. “Caught on video admitting his far-right agenda.” “Glenn Youngkin has been caught,” a female narrative voice whispers as news reports of the video fill the screen. In another ad, the McAuliffe campaign highlights a doctor who claims that Youngkin’s support of abortion limits would “harm my patients” and that he is inserting politics into science and medicine, an echo of the common critiques of the anti-vaccine and anti-mask movements. Other national dividing lines, such as voting rights, police reform and public health, play central roles in the McAuliffe campaign’s effort to paint Youngkin with the patina of a Trump Republican more than 75 percent of McAuliffe’s ads include an attack on or contrast drawn with his opponent.įor the Youngkin campaign, one ad is dominating the rotation: a clip from a debate in September where McAuliffe stated, “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.” The comment followed an argument between the two candidates over a veto McAuliffe signed as governor in 2017 of legislation that had allowed parents to opt out of allowing their children to study material deemed sexually explicit. Classical education is all over the news, as Florida governor Ron DeSantis pursues his shock-and-awe campaign to remake Florida’s public colleges and universities in the image of Michigan-based Hillsdale College. ![]()
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