No matter what you're watching, if you watch television with commercials, you're bound to see a political advertisement or two.
It's hard to ignore the nasty attack ads with accusations like "protecting pedophiles" and "choosing predators," not to mention typical policy attacks like tax cuts, immigration reform and what is best for Arizonans.
Since the July 21 primary, $127 million has been spent on TV ads in Arizona, according to tracking firm AdImpact. But are all of the ads connecting voters to a candidate to elect or just exhausting them before they even get to the polls?
This week on The Gaggle, a politics podcast by The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, host Stephanie Murray is joined by two political consultants: Emily Ryan is a Republican
consultant at Copper Star, and David Waid is the vice president of campaigns at Javelina, a Democratic firm.
With Stephanie, they go through what makes a good political advertisement, which ones they're tired of seeing and why television ads are such an important part of a campaign.
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This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Political attack ads are nasty this year. Could they hurt voter turnout?
