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Pundits and commentators are forecasting that this fall's general election will see an avalanche of negative advertising. But as voters gird for the onslaught, political scientists are asking a ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — If you’ve noticed an uptick in negative campaign ads, that’s not your imagination — political experts say we can expect to see a lot more between now and Nov. 4. “There are ...

With less than a month before Georgia’s runoff elections, voters can expect to see and hear more negative political advertising across the state. Dr. Charles Bullock, a political science professor at ...

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Facing a tough nomination fight in a major Senate race, Ms. Mills, the state’s governor, is attacking her Democratic rival over his old Reddit posts and a tattoo that resembled Nazi imagery. By Shane ...

An orgy of negative campaigning during the Democratic special primary election — which will conclude on Thursday, Feb. 5 — much of it paid for by large dark money groups, has started to call into ...