Daisy Girl: the advert that changed political advertising
The contrast between Johnson’s spots in 1964 and John F. Kennedy’s in 1960 is remarkable. In style, the difference is more like a decade removed, not just four years. … Read the full post »
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The contrast between Johnson’s spots in 1964 and John F. Kennedy’s in 1960 is remarkable. In style, the difference is more like a decade removed, not just four years. … Read the full post »
A pleasant surprise at odds with current political times comes in this advert from the race to be the next Governor of Utah. … Read the full post »
Jimmy Flannigan, candidate for District 6 in Austin, talks about traffic, water, property crime, rising taxes – in one long, flowing take. … Read the full post »
What works well on Twitter can be counter-productive if used in political adverts. That’s one of the snippets of wisdom in a Politico piece. … Read the full post »
Sam Delaney’s book about political advertising in Britain is a fun read, but light on evidence about advertising’s actual impact. … Read the full post »
This is from the 1952 US Presidential election, animated by Roy Disney, nephew of Walt. Quite fun – and also a healthy reminder about slipping into believing that politics now is awful compared to an imagined previous Golden Age. … Read the full post »
Long-time readers will be able to track how the headline I use when blogging about this gem of a political advert is steadily becoming more hyperbolic. The advertisement, however, fully justifies this. … Read the full post »
Sometimes you really need to watch a political advert all the way to the end, as with this one from Democrat Congressional candidate in Arizona, David Brill. … Read the full post »
One of the Conservative election posters featured in the excellent collection Dole Queues and Demons: British election posters from the Conservative Party Archive by Stuart Ball contains David Lloyd George and chocolate. … Read the full post »
An excellent dissection of political campaign ads work, starting with some lessons from Alfred Hitchcock. … Read the full post »