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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Hillary Clinton’s “3 a.m." advertisement (released in March) was named the “Best TV Spot” of the 2008 election, chosen by a large margin in a poll of Campaigns & Elections’ Politics magazine subscribers (many of whom are political professionals). Here are the complete results for the question in the poll:
Which of the following political advertisements would you say was the “Best TV spot” of the 2008 election?
Hillary Clinton – “3 A.M.” 31%
Barack Obama – “The Moment” 24%
John McCain – “Celebrity” 11%
Mike Huckabee – “Chuck Norris Approved” 9%
Bill Richardson – “Job Interviews” 7%
Mitt Romney – “Experience Matters” 3%
Republican National Committee – “Storm” 3%
Mike Gravel – “Throws a Rock in a Lake” 1%
Other 4%
Don’t Know 6%
Clinton's ad did get a lot of attention, and may have helped her win many primaries after it was released—as well as spawning a multitude of parodies on YouTube. Here is the original ad:
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