Lizzie and I greatly enjoyed being able to write about this race. Being a US Senator is a huge responsibility, and the constituents should know the truth behind what the candidates say. Political advertisements plague TV, internet and radio in order to try and influence the undecideds and reaffirm the ones already in their camp. Our blog studied TV ads released by Senator Claire McCaskill and Representative Todd Akin as they race to Washington, D.C.
We did our best to find the truth and falsities behind what was said on the post, ranging from third parties to the campaigns themselves. Hopefully we were able to help you, the electorate, out! We found that Representative Akin and Senator McCaskill were extremely negative through their advertising almost always attacking the other candidate. In the end, however, Senator McCaskill won on our report card with 5 Truthful ads and 2 in the Middle of the Road. She beat Representative Akin who had 2 Truthful, 4 Middle of the Road and 1 Liar.
We believe that this will end up reflected in the end result of who wins the election, but time will tell!
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