Flip on the television and see the endless broadcast of campaign ads. Open the mailbox and find a stack of campaign literature. Or listen to the answering machine loaded with automated messages from the candidates. Some voters say they simply tune it all out...
"It doesn't influence me at all," said Cofi Jackson, 23, of Rochester. "The TV commercials are just one guy bashing the other guy."...Karen Alfieri, 49, of Greece said she prefers learning about candidates' positions on issues, rather than relying on how one paints the other. She went to a candidates forum Sunday night at her church, for example....Candidates besiege voters, Joseph Spector, Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester, NY, 10/31/2006
As candidates don their Halloween masks for the last ditch efforts on TV, few apparently have noticed the truth of Joseph Spector's story. The writer doesn't know anyone who pays attention to campaign ads. One recalls Ronald Reagan's remarkable appearances in 1980, when he would appear on a local television channel in a prepared and lengthy presentation of his stance on a given issue, whether national defense or taxes. Campaign pros thought him a fool, at least until they applied for a job in his new administration.
Luther
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