Comment on Clinton TV ads hammer guns in NH, shy away in Iowa

By CHAD DAY, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: Politics
Thu, 01/21/2016 - 1:03pm

Clinton TV ads hammer guns in NH, shy away in Iowa

Television viewers in the rural southeast corner of the state haven't seen a single ad about guns from the Clinton campaign in the past month, according to an Associated Press analysis. The AP analyzed Clinton's television campaign ads using data from the Campaign Media Analysis Group of New York-based Kantar Media, which tracks political advertising. Over the past month, broadcast TV viewers in Iowa were 23 times as likely to see her ad on the wage gap as an ad featuring the Democratic front-runner expressing support for President Barack Obama's stance on gun control, according to the data. NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls in each state found that 88 percent of likely New Hampshire Democratic primary voters and 82 percent of likely Iowa caucus-goers support "making laws covering the sale of firearms more strict." Gun-control ads appeal to "professional, college-educated women who live in the wealthy suburbs of southern New Hampshire, who think about Newtown and who think about school safety," Scala said, referring to the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The ad, called "I'm with him," features Clinton talking directly to the camera and telling voters she supports the Obama administration's push to expand background checks and allow gun manufacturers to be held liable for gun deaths.

 

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