Tillis-Hagan showdown could be nation’s most expensive Senate race ever." Republican Thom Tillis and Democrat Sen. Kay Hagan are receiving massive amounts of donor money in this tight race. Combined, the two have paid for about 80,000 TV ads through October 13, which is three ads every 5 minutes and is expected to add up to over $103 million. These campaigns will surpass the 2012 race in Massechusettes between Democrat Elizabeth Warren and Republican Scott Brown who combined spent around $76 million.
This Senate race is drawing national attention as it nears the end. It will be interesting to see how the amount of donor money affects the outcome. The amount of ads has likely made the NC citizens very informed on the senators they are voting on, but I am sure that all of these ads were very biased.
In my opinion, it is a shame that this much money is spent on just campaigns for the candidates. It would be better if they could have saved this money to help institute changes they want to make while in office. However, in today's ad-filled society that would be hard to accomplish. Also, if I was living in NC I would have grown very tired of seeing these ads so often.
Link: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/10/18/5250909/tillis-hagan-showdown-could-be.html#.VEbA1Pm-3PY
I'm shocked that this amount of money was spent on political ads at a state level! I understand that this Senate race is big in many states, including ours, but I agree with Henry that this money could have been spent on things that benefit our world so much more. This just goes to show the importance that our society puts on winning for politics for a personal agenda instead of wanting to improve the state or people for whom you are campaigning.
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