Political Ads Resources - CIVITAS-STL

On Saturday, April 2, Civitas compiled a long list of political ads, from old tv spots to new Youtube Super PAC ads, to show to students. We’re making the list available here for students to share/re-watch.

The site that had all of the older ads can be found here: The Living Room Candidate

This site has ads for Campaign 2016: Political TV Ad Archive

The NPR article, Do Political ads actually work?


Now here is the long list of ads we watched (with a few notes from Bobbi):

Old ads:

1952: http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1952/ike-for-president

http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1952/bus-driver

http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1952/adlai-to-you

http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1952/the-same-god-made-us-all

Fun fact, those 40 commericials for Ike cost 2 mil in 1952, would be $18 mil today

Show a few from 1956? (doesn’t matter what)

1964:

Reagan for Goldwater: http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1964/ronald-reagan

Daisy: http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1964/peace-little-girl-daisy

1972
Nixon defense: http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1972/mcgovern-defense

McGovern: http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1972/newspapers

1980: PACs spent a total of $12 million on Reagan’s behalf, compared to less than $50,000 on Carter’s.

Reagan: http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1980/podium

Carter: http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1980/state-60

1988:

Tank Ride: http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1988/tank-ride

Environment: http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1988/bay

1996:

Surgeon: http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1996/surgeon

Truth: http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1996/riady

2000:

Al Gore internet: http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/2000/really-md

Too much maths: http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/2000/down

2004:

Flip flop: http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/2004/windsurfing

Swiftboat: http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/2004/any-questions

Mistakes were made: http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/2004/mistakes-were-made-web

2008:

Celeb http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/2008/celeb

Celeb? http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/2008/embrace

 

New ads:

Pro-Marco PAC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTwGXIs5yQs

Florida Rubio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9EW3g4DzwU

Bernie too liberal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XsWkwakVlA

Pro-Trump ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzkw2tDIcLQ

Creepy Ted Cruz ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDumsN1NCGg

Vote for Cruz = Hillary? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEZgShHP4hU

Trump not conservative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRn_u61lo9E

Trump quotes about women: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huqrMX1t83w

 

Local ads:

Hanaway ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBoJAJ2doIc

Kinder ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7XQVaPG3BY

Brunner ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP8Vhas_hqU

Roy Blunt (anti-Kander) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iGlJF_KGF4

Greitens Meltdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2bWrFPWmSY

Older local ads:

Susan Montee, anti-Kinder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9ilYdeZ9ir0

Bobbi

Bobbi Kennedy is the middle school coordinator for Civitas. She also helps with high school activities and keeps the web site from imploding.