Peter Hamby has a new piece out in Vanity Fair that explores which pro-Biden ads are and are not working in the battle against President Donald Trump:
Fascinating @PeterHamby piece on what kind of ads a group of tech-minded Democrats are finding really work in reaching the voters Biden needs: https://t.co/uCw0hKBSr4
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) September 29, 2020
And, SURPRISE! He finds that ads like those made by The Lincoln Project might actually be helping the president:
Oh just an article about how Lincoln Project ads actually help Trump ??????https://t.co/xCVTSZ58kd
— I. Noah Guy whose bloob is boibling (@Decentguyusedto) September 30, 2020
Take a bow, George Conway, Rick Wilson, and all the rest:
"Ads that directly attack Trump, using his voice, news clips, or even just his face, have the effect of turning off not only persuadable voters, but also the Democratic-base voters whom Joe Biden needs in November"
— I. Noah Guy whose bloob is boibling (@Decentguyusedto) September 30, 2020
But it’s not just The Lincoln Project:
FellowAmericans, working with @swayable, found that fully 25% of the ads ran by Democrats in 2016 drove people in the wrong direction https://t.co/ZsOwsx0qgk
— Peter Hamby (@PeterHamby) September 29, 2020
ROFL:
One anti-Trump ad "actually created huge backlash amongst undecided voters," said @shomikdutta. "It made them more likely to support Trump. It just goes to prove that we have all these embedded biases as Democrats.” https://t.co/ZsOwsx0qgk
— Peter Hamby (@PeterHamby) September 29, 2020
Yes. Yes he did:
I *think* @PeterHamby just told @ProjectLincoln to check itself… https://t.co/Y1jj99wxJo
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) September 29, 2020
The advice to Dems:
Yup: “Homemade straight-to-camera testimonials from regular people talking about the pandemic far outperformed conventional ads about policy or negative ads about Trump.” @RVAT2020 https://t.co/12svZP0zwo
— Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25) September 29, 2020
But with The Lincoln Project listen?
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