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Colin Jones

Colin Jones is a writer and documentary film producer in New York.

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October 15, 2024
MagazineColin Jones
Inside Our Wildly Expensive, Dubiously Effective Political Ad Machine
Campaigns spend billions on ads that change outcomes by a few points, if at all. Here’s where the money goes—and how it drives our political parties.

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