/tags/political-ads political ads en-US Copyright Tue, 20 Sep 2016 08:00:05 GMT /politics/2016-09-20/the-history-of-political-advertising-what-worked-and-what-failed The first presidential campaign television commercial ran in 1952, during the race between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson. TV political advertising… Tue, 20 Sep 2016 08:00:05 GMT /politics/2016-09-20/the-history-of-political-advertising-what-worked-and-what-failed