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Cash-rich GOP super PACs flood blue states with ads
Posted Sep 24, 2012
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Washington Times
To watch local television now, one would think that Philadelphia was a Republican stronghold. Nearly every political ad is for a Republican here, the result of its status as a low priority swing state and what can happen when, thanks to super PACs, one side has more money to spend than the other. “Normally, you expect to have [broadcast ad purchases] be representative of voters,” said Kevin Arceneaux, a political science professor at Temple.