Political ads have little persuasive power: study

Wednesday, September 2, 2020 - 13:10 in Mathematics & Economics

Every four years, U.S. presidential campaigns collectively spend billions of dollars flooding TV screens across the country with political ads. But a new study co-authored by Yale political scientist Alexander Coppock shows that, regardless of content, context, or audience, those pricey commercials do little to persuade voters.

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