Political Ad Megathread

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Three new :30 second ads today, all from Democratic candidates:

Hillary Clinton released Stronger Together, an ad that likely previews the types of ads that she would run against Donald Trump in the fall. The ad highlight's Donald Trump's comments on punishing women who have an abortion, calling Mexicans rapists, and calling for a ban on Muslim immigration to contrast Hillary Clinton as the person "tough enough to stop Trump".

Bernie Sanders released two ads:
-In No Fracking Anywhere, Sanders claims politicians back fracking because they are a bought by "big oil", but he's not and wants to ban fracking everywhere.
-In Bolder, the Sanders campaign asks what makes New York think bigger and bolder?  The answer, you do, values forged in New York, and you should vote for the Brooklyn born native son Sanders.

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One new ad today, a :30-second Spanish-language ad from the Clinton campaign:

In Una Bandera (One Flag), Clinton previews the types of attacks on Donald Trump you'd expect to see on TV during the general election.  Again, my Spanish is rusty, but the ad contrasts Trump's views of immigrants as criminals with Clinton's fight for immigrants and children.  Someone whose Spanish is better than mine can elaborate further.

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#NeverTrump internet ad....Talking about Trump's use of 9/11 funds....

https://twitter.com/NeverTrumpPAC/status/720041079425392642

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A few new ads today from Republican PACs:

-Pro-Kasich New Day for America released the :30 second Pennsylvania-specific ad Rocks, which mentions that Kasich was born as the son of a mailman in McKees Rocks, who won't quit, despite Trump and Cruz whining he should quit the race because most polls show only Kasich beats Clinton - and we don't quit in Pennsylvania.

-Pro-Cruz Trusted Leadership PAC re-released the :30 second "Kasich BFF" (New York), a New York-specific version of the earlier ad by the same name tying Kasich to Obama on Obamacare.  I think the only New York-specific thing about the ad is that the placard at the end says "Wrong for New York".

It's not clear that Trusted Leadership PAC has reserved any broadcast TV ad time in New York, though.  New Day for America made a smallish buy last week in the expensive NYC market.

None of the candidates released TV ads today, but the Cruz campaign released a 1:00 minute radio ad Nerve attacking Bill de Blasio for attacking Cruz.  When Cruz is President, de Blasio is done, claims the ad.

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Liz Mair is back at it again. Her Make America Awesome PAC is running this radio ad in western NY...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZviy-v8dDc

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Five new :30ish second ads today, though it's not clear whether they all are made for TV:

-Bernie Sanders released Art of the Steal, another Sanders ad attacking the "ultra rich" and Wall Street.  They're buying elections, at least according to the ad, and he's not bought by them.

-Pro-Cruz Trusted Leadership PAC released two ads:
1) New Reality Show, which highlights the circus the PAC thinks runs around the Trump campaign and mocks the Trump campaign for complaining about not winning delegates while failing to understand the delegate rules.
2) Ready on Day One argues that lots of candidates say they will stand up to the party bosses and political ruling class, but Cruz has actually done it.  Cruz is ready to lead on day one, claims the ad.

-Pro-Cruz, Anti-Trump Club4Growth released New York Wins with Cruz, which argues when it comes to sports, New Yorkers are known for winning and telling it like it is.  When Trump says he's going to win, polls show he can't beat Hillary Clinton, but Cruz can, or so says the ad.  This may not be meant for TV, as there is no oral paid for by Club4Growth statement at any point in the ad.

-Anti-Hillary American Crossroads released Clinton/Nixon, which compares Nixon's statements made during Watergate to Clinton's statements about e-mailgate.  It's also not clear this ad is meant for TV, as it is technically 36 seconds and contains no oral paid for statement.

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5 new TV ads hit YouTube today.  On the Democratic Side:

-Hillary Clinton released the 1:30 Came Through, which details Eagle Academy, a (presumably) public charter school that Hillary Clinton supported that is helping students from underprivileged neighborhoods stay in school and out of jail.  This ad is actually airing on NYC broadcast TV, despite its nonstandard length.

-Bernie Sanders released 2 :30 second numerically themed ads:
1) In $27, Sanders supporters detail why giving Bernie the average donation of $27 will help America - or so they claim.
2) In $200,000, the Sanders campaign claims Wall Street banks pay Washington politicians $200,000 an hour to give speeches so that the banks get a rigged economy, tax breaks and bailouts.  Meanwhile, politicians oppose raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour.

On the Republican side:

-Ted Cruz released the :30 second Great, which uses Donald Trump's words praising New York City mayor Bill de Blasio against him - at least to the Republican electorate.  de Blasio will end up being a good mayor, Trump claims, as anti-de Blasio tabloid headlines flash on the screen.  I suppose this ad is directed toward New York, but I don't see any Cruz broadcast TV buys - yet.

-Pro-Trump Great America PAC released the 1:00 minute Trump Stepped Up, detailing how Donald Trump spent tens of thousands of dollars to send mail to every resident of the Upper East Side to try to catch the East Side Rapist.

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One new ad so far today, a :30 second spot from the Sanders camp:

-In Sons of New York, Sanders compares himself to another son of New York, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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Bernie Sanders released one ad with the TV disclaimer today, a 2:00 minute spot:

-In Danny Glover: He's With Us, Danny Glover explains why he supports Bernie Sanders, which, in the tl;dr version, has a lot to do with Sanders getting arrested to support the civil rights movement decades ago.

Sanders also released the 1:00 minute Partnership, which lacks the oral TV disclaimer, and is probably just a web ad.  It features Bernie Sanders' wife talking about what a privilege it is to be married to Bernie Sanders.

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Four new TV ads were released on YouTube today, three from the Cruz campaign and one from Pro-Cruz Club for Growth:

Cruz's ads are of varying lengths, but somewhat similar themes:
-The :15 second Right argues that Clinton could be worse than Obama and we have to get things right by voting Cruz, who will repeal Obamacare, grow jobs and destroy ISIS.  Unlike a lot of other :15 second ads, it has a oral candidate approval statement at the end.
-The :30 second Not Easy contrasts Hillary Clinton saying it wasn't easy leaving the White House broke and in debt to Trump saying it wasn't easy for him because he only started with a $1 million loan.  They just don't get it, and Cruz will cut taxes for working families, create jobs and repeal Obamacare.
-The :30 second Solutions uses footage of Cruz from a Fox News debate to argue that the American people aren't interested in a bunch of bickering schoolchildren, but are interested in solutions for people like single moms, truck drivers and yound people leaving school without a job.  Cruz claims he will repeal Obamacare and regulations, leading to higher wages and opportunity.

Club for Growth's :30 second Math argues that only Cruz has enough delegates to beat Trump, and a vote for Kasich is essentially a vote for Trump.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/ad-ted-cruz-hates-avocados-222311

"highlighting a quote from Cruz’s college roommate, who said, “Ted Cruz is a nightmare of a human being,” and adding that Cruz “hates avocados,” named “world domination” as a life goal, allegedly likes the band Nickelback and buys 100 cans of soup at one time."

Nice to see they're taking Cruz as a serious threat.

[Likely Voter]

I think the CFG is just in IN. Wonder if the other anti Trump supper PACs that spent in WI will play in IN as well.  Also it's interesting they are targeting Kasich voters instead of Trump.


Edit: saw a guy from the Our Principles PAC says they will start TV and Radio in  Indiana tomorrow

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Two new TV ads on YouTube today, both :30 seconds:

The Trump campaign released My Dad - Donald J. Trump Jr., a spot in which Donald J. Trump Jr. talks about how a lot of people think his father is a tough guy - and he is.  As a kid, he had to make sure he to really know what he was talking about before asking for something from his father.  That's the kind of toughness we need in a President, the ad claims.

Pro-Cruz Trusted Leadership PAC released Kasich BFF (Indiana), an Indiana-specific ad that is similar to an earlier ad of the same name except for including Indiana in the ad card.  The ad basically claims Kasich is Obama's BFF because he expanded Medicaid in Ohio.

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0:35 Facebook ad by Donald Trump, I Will Work for You, about how he'll work for the people and the establishment won't.

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A handful of new TV spots were released on YouTube over the past few days, largely on the Democratic side:

Hillary Clinton's campaign released the 1:00 minute Love and Kindness, which starts with the caption "let's break down barriers, so we can all rise together", as an R&B song plays.  I'm definitely not the target demo for this ad, so I won't comment on its effectiveness.

The Sanders campaign released two :30 second spots:

1) Promise, which talks about how Sanders wants to fulfill the promise of liberty and justice for all, with a criminal justice system that "works for all".  I'm definitely not the target demo for this ad, so I won't comment on its effectiveness.
2) He's With Us, which is basically a :30 second version of the longer Danny Glover endorsement ad released within the past few weeks.  Bernie got arrested for protesting against segregation, so he's with "us" and Danny Glover supports Bernie.

On the Republican side, pro-Cruz Courageous Conservatives PAC released the 1:00 The @RealDonaldTrump, which claims Trump showed us who he really was last week when attacked the North Carolina bathroom bill, demanded Republicans end opposition to abortion and called for taxes on the so-called rich.  Trump hires illegal aliens, makes his clothes overseas, and teamed up with amnesty supporter Chris Christie to pack his delegate slate.  Cruz is with "us", because he stopped Obama's push for gun control, defeated amnesty and fought against ISIS, the ad claims.  Although it includes the standard oral paid for disclaimer, it's not clear whether this ad will actually see any TV airtime, as Courageous Conservative PAC really hasn't done much TV advertising anywhere.

On the radio side, anti-Trump Make America Awesome released the :30 second It, which uses a Trump quote about coal miners from Playboy Magazine, where Trump says if he was a son of a coal miner he'd leave the mines, but most people in coal don't have the imagination to leave their mines.  They don't have0"it".  I'd expect this to get play in West Virginia and perhaps the coal mining counties of Indiana.

On the web ad side, the Kasich Campaign and its PAC are pretty much relegated to web ads.  They must be running out of money.

The Kasich Campaign itself released the Oregon-specific Vote Kasich (:15, :30), which says Kasich is the clear choice for Oregon because Cruz pulled out of Oregon and Kasich is the only one who can stop Trump and defeat Clinton.

Pro-Kasich New Day for America released the bizarre 1:00 minute Convention, which imagines a GOP convention that selects John Kasich because running for President isn't about the convention, but the delegates, and the delegates selected Kasich because he is the only candidate who could defeat Hillary Clinton.  This ad contains the standard paid for oral disclaimer and could be a TV ad, but is labeled a web ad.

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Hillary Clinton's campaign released the 1:00 minute Love and Kindness, which starts with the caption "let's break down barriers, so we can all rise together", as an R&B song plays.

Well we can definitely see now what kind of campaign she's going to run against Trump.

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I have seen that Ted Cruz Math ad and the Obama's BFF one about Kasich on almost every single commercial lately and honestly I just don't know how Iowans deal with this. Also, the Math ad doesn't make any sense, now, because Ted Cruz is mathematically eliminated from getting the nomination on the first ballot.

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I have seen that Ted Cruz Math ad and the Obama's BFF one about Kasich on almost every single commercial lately and honestly I just don't know how Iowans deal with this. Also, the Math ad doesn't make any sense, now, because Ted Cruz is mathematically eliminated from getting the nomination on the first ballot.

Count your blessings.  All we saw in the New York City market were endless Hillary and Bernie ads, with only a few pro-Kasich New Day for America ads sprinkled in now and then.  Iowans get more variety because there are more candidates.

You should expect to see a new ad from Trusted Leadership PAC on the airwaves, soon.  There are two new ads from the Cruz/Fiorina campaign and that PAC today:

-The Cruz/Fiorina campaign released the :30 second #CruzCarly for Jobs, Freedom, and Security, which features Carly Fiorina stating that neither Clinton nor Trump will fight the system because they are the system.  Ted Cruz will because he's taken on the system and won.  And she's honored to join Ted Cruz as his running mate. They both approve the message.

-Pro-Cruz Trusted Leadership PAC released the :30 second A Serious Leader, which features Ted Cruz talking about how he would defeat ISIS and Carly Fiorina saying this is the fight of our time and that she believes Ted Cruz is the man to lead that fight.

[Likely Voter]

according to NBC, Clinton has stopped spending on any TV ads.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/clinton-not-airing-ads-upcoming-primary-states-n564176

Sanders is still spending in most of the upcoming states, including CA.

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Four new TV ads were released to YouTube today, all on the Republican side:

The Trump Campaign released the :30 second Job Killing Ted, which claims that bad trade deals supported by Ted Cruz have killed jobs in Indiana - and Cruz backed amnesty.  Only Donald Trump will stand up to China, Japan and Mexico, renegotiate bad trade deals, and end illegal immigration, or so the ad claims.

Anti-Trump Our Principles PAC released the 1:00 minute Scare, which starts with a mock swearing-in of Hillary Clinton as President.  The ad claims that Donald Trump loses badly to Hillary Clinton in nearly every poll, and his landslide loss could cost Republicans the Senate, Supreme Court and even the House.  Why?  Trump offends women and incites violence, among other things.  We can't make America Great Again by putting Donald Trump in the White House, claims the ad.

Anti-Trump Make America Awesome released the 1:00 minute (or so) Questions, which asks why Trump hasn't released his tax returns, why Trump put a gag order on cheap foreign workers who built his home as part of settlement, and why Trump won't release his college transcripts (maybe he's just another loudmouth dim bulb, the ad claims).  It ends I guess I'll vote for the guy from Texas.   The ad is labeled as a Web/TV ad.  I doubt it will get much TV time.  Make America Awesome hasn't bought much TV time.

Pro-Cruz Trusted Leadership PAC released the :30 second Time of Choosing, which uses audio and video from Indiana Governor Pence's Cruz endorsement to make the point that Pence endorsed Cruz.  The Cruz campaign itself also released a 1:00 minute radio ad, Pence, to the same effect.

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Four new ads today, all :30 seconds and all on the Republican side:

The Cruz campaign released two fairly similar ads:
-In Coin, the Cruz campaign argues that Trump and Hillary are two sides of the same coin because both support the Obamacare individual mandate, funding Planned Parenthood, and allowing transgender men in little girls' bathrooms.
-in Same, the Cruz campaign argues that Trump and Hillary are two sides of the same coin because both support raising taxes, supported Bill Clinton's nationwide ban on popular firearms, and support allowing transgender men in little girls' bathrooms.

Pro-Cruz Trusted Leadership PAC released The Company You Keep, which basically argues that Cruz is in good company with Governor Pence, while Trump cavorts with convicted rapists like Mike Tyson.  The Tyson rape conviction happened in Indianapolis, which is probably why the first major ad mentioning Trump's ties to the case was released in Indiana.

Pro-Kasich New Day For America released Failed, which claims Ted Cruz failed math - he can't win the nomination after landing with a thud in New York.  And he'll land with a thud at the convention, too, since only Kasich can beat Hillary Clinton.

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Indy's NBC affiliate 11:00 news last night was a solid block of Cruz ads.

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Two new TV ads were released on YouTube so far today, both :30 second spots from the Cruz campaign:

-As its name suggests, Pence for Cruz features video of Governor Pence's endorsement of Ted Cruz.

-Donald Trump is Lying About Ted Cruz is meant as a rebuttal of the recent Trump ad attacking Ted Cruz for being soft on trade and immigration.  The ad claims that Trump is lying about Ted Cruz: Cruz voted against recent trade bills and stopped the Gang of 8 amnesty bill while Trump was giving Gang of 8 members $50,000 in campaign contributions.  And Trump hired illegals and hires foreigners to replace Americans, too - or so the ad claims.

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Mitt Romney basically narrates this ad and Jeb, Rubio, Cruz, Graham, Fiorina all join in....This is a smart ad that I knew would happen right after he gave that speech...

https://twitter.com/gdebenedetti/status/727937363733839876

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It's not a TV ad, but Priorities USA has released what is promised to be one of many anti-Trump web ads to come.  Priorities USA has previously promised to spend millions of dollars to negatively define Trump in the period between the California Primary and the Republican National Convention.  What's not clear is whether they plan to move the start date up to reflect Trump's presumptive nominee status.

In the :30-second Unifier?, the PAC plays audio of Trump claiming that he's a unifier juxtaposed with video of fights and violence at Trump rallies.