Campaigns, PACs spent $41M on 35,225 ads in Colorado

Dec. 5, 2012

漏 by gaelx / Flickr Creative Commons Almost $41 million and enough TV ads to fill more than 12 days of airtime, 24 hours a day. That鈥檚 the political advertising tally at Denver鈥檚 top four stations based on contracts filed between Aug. 2 and Nov. 14. The CU News Corps...

Outside spending, negative ads rampant in Colorado 2012 election

Dec. 5, 2012

This article also appeared in Daily Camera / KUNC.org Political television advertising is breaking records in Colorado this election season 鈥 and much of that advertising is negative. But academics who study the impact of such ads question how effective they are. Candidates and super PACs contracted for almost $36...

Swing state campaigners push for online advertising in 2012

Dec. 5, 2012

This article appeared on KUNC.org . 漏 by Jesse Knish Photography for GDC Online/Flickr Creative Commons TV isn鈥檛 the only place those annoying political ads are popping up this election season. They鈥檙e also on YouTube, Hulu and Facebook, where campaigns are targeting younger potential voters, who don鈥檛 watch traditional TV...

Out-of-state money biggest contributor to Amendment 64 - on both sides

Nov. 30, 2012

漏 by Torben Bj酶rn Hansen/Flickr Creative Commons Appeared on KUNC.org / Gazette.com / Healthpolicysolutions.com . Colorado鈥檚 ballot initiative to legalize marijuana possession is billed by one leading local advocate as 鈥渁 grassroots effort here on the ground,鈥 but an examination of contributions to the campaign tell a far different story...

Amendment 65 seeks to limit campaign contributions

Nov. 29, 2012

漏 by Images of Money/Flickr Creative Commons Appeared on iNewsNetwork . Colorado Amendment 65 is a nonbinding referendum that encourages the state鈥檚 U.S. representatives and senators to support a U.S. constitutional amendment limiting campaign contributions and spending. Some 182,113 state residents signed the petitions that take direct aim at the...

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