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This is not a negative advert

By Mark Pack | Sun 13th February 2011 - 9:55 am

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The political advertising put out by people who disdain negative ads is often too self-consciously worthy to be effective. John Hickenlooper’s advert as part of his successful run for Governor of Colorado however was rather different – and was rated as being very effective by those watching the race:

It is, of course, not a patch on the Luis Fishman advert which has to be seen to be believed. Fishman lost, perhaps not surprisingly.

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3 Comments

Martijn Grooten 13th Feb '11 - 10:01am

It’s Hickenlooper, not -hooper.
Mark Pack 13th Feb '11 - 3:42pm

Thanks Martijn.
Stuart 13th Feb '11 - 7:27pm

Surely this is a negative ad… look at my dirty opponents running all those negative ads, aren’t they terrible people, etc. etc.

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