For this week’s document analysis, you are asked to visit The Livingroom Candidate website to view commercials from the 1964 presidential election. Once on the website, select 1964 under election year. Down below, you will see selections of 10 commercials for each of the Democratic and Republican candidates. Most of the commercials last about 1 minute each. Take a look at several of the commercials for each political party. Then write an analysis that includes at least 3 Democratic commercials and 3 Republican commercials. In your analysis, consider the following:
Common themes you notice among the commercials
Which commercials seem most on point and convincing to you
What these commercials tell us about the topics that were important to the candidates and the American public in 1964.
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