Last week I was teaching a campaigns and elections class for Generation Joshua. The last day of class I agreed to spend the time going over historical ads. It was so popular that I thought I should post it here on the blog.
We started with I like Ike:
Then we went with the Daisy Bomb ad:
No wonder Goldwater lost:
The EVER popular Kennedy song!
Next a Nixon "Hands" ad:
One of the Best Political Ads of all time! Morning in America:
And a Reagan Communism ad, The Bear:
http://youtu.be/NpwdcmjBgNA
This was Dems response, no wonder it was a landslide:
Nothing quite so striking as a flip flop ad:
Kerry's biggest problem wasn't the flip-flop ad, Swift Boat Vets for Truth changed the political ad world:
Early Obama ad that strongly appeals to voters!
And on the other hand we have the attack ads:
Primaries also tend to have some really fiery ads:
But positive slogan ads seem to be more effective than gun toting shouting:
Ads should also connect with real people:
This is one of my all time favorites:
And I think this is my favorite Democrat ad of the last cycle:
This is probably the worst ad of the last cycle:
A little over the top drama isn't bad:
But this one might be a little over the top:
This ad is a little like a ad for a super hero movie, but I love it!
Finally, some good message ads:
Political affiliations aside, I still think the best ad of the last presidential election cycle was the Huckabee/Chuck Norris ad. :-D
ReplyDelete(Okay, the best one I saw. Which is... not most of them. But it was a brilliant ad. And low-budget!)