By — Lisa Desjardins Lisa Desjardins By — Kyle Midura Kyle Midura Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/campaigns-spend-big-to-sway-voters-with-increasingly-personal-attack-ads Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio Campaigns and their allies are making their closing arguments, and they’ve spent more than the annual budgets of a handful of states doing it. Much of that money is aimed at voters’ wallets, but the attacks are also getting more personal and more artificial. Lisa Desjardins explains. Listen to this Segment By — Lisa Desjardins Lisa Desjardins Lisa Desjardins is a correspondent for PBS News Hour, where she covers news from the U.S. Capitol while also traveling across the country to report on how decisions in Washington affect people where they live and work. @LisaDNews By — Kyle Midura Kyle Midura
Campaigns spend big to sway voters with increasingly personal attack ads
In short
Campaigns and their allies are pouring millions of dollars into personal attack ads as they attempt to sway voters in the final days of the election season. According to a recent analysis, campaigns and their allies have spent more than the annual budgets of a handful of states on these ads. The focus on personal attacks has become increasingly common, with candidates and their allies using a variety of tactics to discredit their opponents.
Key points
- Campaigns and their allies are pouring millions of dollars into personal attack ads as th…: Campaigns and their allies are pouring millions of dollars into personal attack ads as they attempt to sway voters in the final days of the election season.
- According to a recent analysis, campaigns and their allies have spent more than the annua…: According to a recent analysis, campaigns and their allies have spent more than the annual budgets of a handful of states on these ads.
- The focus on personal attacks has become increasingly common, with candidates and their a…: The focus on personal attacks has become increasingly common, with candidates and their allies using a variety of tactics to discredit their opponents.