CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Negative political ads have become more common across Iowa this election season.
KCRG-TV9 Political Analyst Megan Goldberg said the ads are happening more often than they have in the last 20 years.
“Now it seems like negative ads are much more the norm and that we see them even much earlier too like in the primaries,” Goldberg said.
Candidates weigh in
KCRG-TV9 asked two candidates on hand, Republican Joe Mitchell and Democrat Lindsay James, who are running against each other for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, whether ads attacking opponents are an effective way to gain voters. Neither candidate answered
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