24 Jul 2019

Do political attack ads work?

From Morning Report, 7:25 am on 24 July 2019

The Green's first foray into political attack ads ended before it had really started yesterday when its own supporters demanded a video be pulled down.

The ad was an attempt to counter National's criticism of the government's plans to offer a discount for new electric vehicles.

But soon after it went up it was yanked down.

RNZ political reporter Jo Moir looks at whether attack ads are effective.