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Old 08-30-2012, 03:14 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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I realize I may be in the minority here, but almost all of the TV shows I watch are on DVR, so I simply fast-forward through all the commercials. If this practice is as common as I think it is, then all of those hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent on TV ads targeting voters who (a) are undecided and (b) don't have or use a DVR.

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Old 08-30-2012, 03:23 PM
 
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Do you actually watch political ads on TV?
I don't, because they don't sway me. I'm informed enough to make up my mind by myself.
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Old 08-30-2012, 03:33 PM
 
Location: Montgomery County, MD
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Most people don't have DVRs and even those who do still like to watch things right when its on instead of waiting. If I don't get up in a commercial break I can't really help but watch them. I generally just roll my eyes.
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Old 08-30-2012, 03:35 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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What political ads? Are they running political ads now?
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Old 08-30-2012, 03:37 PM
 
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What political ads? Are they running political ads now?
Around here I'm already seeing a ton of ads paid for by Americans for Prosperity aka the Koch Bros.

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Old 08-30-2012, 03:40 PM
 
Location: The Woods
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No I don't.
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Old 08-30-2012, 03:44 PM
 
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No. If I'm watching something that is not on my DVR so I can't FF through it, I always mute the commercials. So I guess ALL television advertising is wasted on me.
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Old 08-30-2012, 03:44 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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Hell no.
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Old 08-30-2012, 03:47 PM
 
Location: NC
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Nope, the vast majority of them are half-truths or blatent lies.
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Old 08-30-2012, 03:48 PM
 
Location: Gone
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I realize I may be in the minority here, but almost all of the TV shows I watch are on DVR, so I simply fast-forward through all the commercials. If this practice is as common as I think it is, then all of those hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent on TV ads targeting voters who (a) are undecided and (b) don't have or use a DVR.

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I try not to watch any of them, they are almost always nothing more than lies and propaganda, they got real nasty between Cruz and DeHurst here in Texas, not worth a second of my life. Use the Mute button.
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