Political Ads...

For a class assignment I was assigned to watch a political ad for Minnesota Governor candidate Mark Dayton and answer the following questions:

Who is responsible for the ad you reviewed?
Mark Dayton, for a better Minnesota, put on this ad

Who is the ad trying to get you to vote for?

The ad is trying to get me to vote for mark Dayton because he supports helping seniors
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What advertising techniques did it use?
I think they used repetition because it kept repeating Mark Dayton’s name, and showing pictures of seniors over and over. I also think it used association because a lot of the seniors were smiling, so you’d associate Mark Dayton with good feelings.

What do YOU think about the ad, and does it make you want to vote for the candidate?

I think it was a pretty good ad, because it didn’t put down any of the other candidates in a negative way. I would vote for Mark Dayton because he said he would help seniors, which is a good thing, because they have worked hard all their lives, and they should be rewarded.

It annoys me when politicians put each down so much, and very little of what they say is completely true, or taken out of context. It’s good to see an ad that wasn’t too mean to anyone else.

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