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Political Advertising Overload!
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  One week before the election, you can’t turn on the T.V. without being inundated by commercials meant to sway your vote. This year we’ve had it all: ominous music, sarcastic narrators, quotes way out of context, and even outright lies. We’ll look at how advertising has influenced voters and the media this campaign season. Guests
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I wouldn't buy a product based on advertising, never mind vote for a candidate. Political advertising, like all advertising, is highly manipulative. I do not think it is in the public interest for that reason. Negative advertising has done a great deal to lower the level political discourse, polarize the public, and create public distrust of candidates and the political process itself. Campaign reform and the imposition of time and spending limits might help change the level of discourse by forcing candidate to address issues rather than spend billions on what are essentially meaningless ads.
Yes, the ads are annoying and honestly, they all sound the same to me now. Whenever one comes on my mind immediately finds something else to focus on. Also annoying are the campaign signs mucking up the landscape everywhere you go. My husband was out for a run early one morning and tripped over a frame from one that had made its way onto the sidewalk, fell and injured his arm. Gotta love election season!