Campaign Commercials 1952-2004

The Museum of the Moving Image has made Presidential campaign commercials from 1952-2004 available on their website the Living Room Candidate.

Browse by election year, issue, or type of commercial (children, real people, fear, etc.). Also, lesson plans for teachers.

For more on elections and campaigns, see the CQ Voting and Elections Collection (in the CQ Electronic Library). Find articles about messages conveyed by election commercials and the impact of television on political campaigns in Communications Abstracts or Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. (All PSU only.)

Need help? Ask a librarian: all PSU or Altoona campus.