This week we’re running a series featuring five of the most effective political adverts. Today it’s a trip back in time and across the Atlantic to a US Presidential campaign:
That too is true of probably the most famous political TV advertisement, the “Daisy Girl” advert screened but the once by the 1964 Lyndon Johnson Presidential campaign. It starts with a young girl innocently counting the petals on a flower, but then switches to an ominous voiceover counting down to zero. The screen is then filled with a mushroom cloud from a nuclear explosion.
The advert played on fears that Johnson’s opponent, Barry Goldwater, was willing to use nuclear weapons in Vietnam. The controversy resulted in the advertisement being pulled – but also in widespread media coverage which spread the advert’s message far and wide:
Chloe Tax cuts based on Unicorn growth from EU membership which we have no idea of a pathway & timeline to get there. I see mps have been given a memo from HQ and...
Anthony Acton What I find so disappointing about the last 2 years is that the 2024 GE result gave the party a massive boost in resources and, potentially, political influenc...
Nigel Jones I agree with Nigel Quinton, Tony Robertson and Katharine Pindar on the lack of a clear party lead on our overall vision for the future of the country which must...
Katharine Pindar Ed concluded our Autumn Conference by telling us that 'We are in the fight of our lives - and we will win!' Of course, rapturous applause followed. But somehow ...
Tim L In my experience of San Francisco, driverless cabs are smooth and courteous. I wish all drivers, there and here, were as good. I am sure in due course they will...
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