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His followers did not disappoint with the tongue-in-cheek responses.

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Cosco [sic] hot dogs for every American, I hope, wrote Craig Chamberlin.

Moog Rogue answered, mostly balloons.

Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raised 68% of her $8.89 million from small donors.

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But do political ad campaigns really work?

That becomes the real question.

We researched studies dating as far back as 2000 and as recently as 2016 to find the answer.

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Positive ads work no better than attack ads.

Republicans, Democrats, and independents respond to ads similarly.

That wasnt always the case, however.

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Meanwhile, negative ads suppressed turnout but also helped sway voters decisions, albeit not by a lot.

Positive ads could lead to a 0.016% increase.

Of course, these numbers are small and might not make a difference.

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