It's that time again. With the mud flying in the presidential race, pundits, journalists and political observers of all stripes are denouncing the campaign's new, strikingly negative tone. Listening ...

Pundits and commentators are forecasting that this fall's general election will see an avalanche of negative advertising. But as voters gird for the onslaught, political scientists are asking a ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — If you’ve noticed an uptick in negative campaign ads, that’s not your imagination — political experts say we can expect to see a lot more between now and Nov. 4. “There are ...

How can John G. Geer, who said he has researched negative ads, be so naive in his support for this form of reckless campaigning ["Those Negative Ads Are a Positive Thing," Outlook, Oct. 12]? I would ...

Voters, welcome to the last two weeks of this year's political campaign season — a time often referred to as "crunch time," a time when we can expect to be inundated with campaign literature in our ...

Negative advertising persists ‘because it works’ News / Oct 17, 2025 / 12:31 AM EDT If you've noticed an uptick in negative campaign ads, that’s not your imagination — political experts say we can ...

Kentucky’s elections featured two races in which well-funded special interests invested in negative and misleading advertising. And neither one worked at all. Amendment 2 — which would have rewritten ...

If you think the television, radio and online advertising in the Virginia governor’s race is increasingly negative, you’re not alone. With the election a mere three weeks away, Democrat Abigail ...

The talk in Republican circles is how to save the McCain campaign. And a lot of people have come to what I think is a shocking conclusion. The negative campaigning isn’t working. The Obama camapign ...