I for one, pay more heed to the body language, eyes, and what my gut says, than the rhetoric politicians typically spew to win votes. The only exception being, if the politician says things that are so contrary to mainstream, that what's said could be injurious to their wellbeing; such as with things Ron Paul proposed while running. Bring down the Federal Reserve & I.R.S.? Bankers and the elite behind the government naturally wouldn't favor a man who desired to bring down the Federal Reserve, and very few Americans questioned the medias censoring of him. So much for commonsense.

People were quick however, to buy into charisma and views on policy even when presented with evidence that should've outweighed both; e.g., Obama's claims to have an uncle that aided in the liberation of Auschwitz prisoners; A claim found to be both a lie, and inconsistent with documented history.

Many of similar mindsets, would vote for Hillary; dismissing entirely, her denied presence at the Bilderberg meetings, the bilking of senior citizens by both her and Bill, in their real-estate dealings, and the more than controversial body count between the pair; all of which were dismissed as suicides, by a coroner with a vested interest.

So it would seem that attack ads would have little bearing; for if they had as much impact as studies indicate, there'd of been no need to censor one congressman; rather, invalidate him with "attack ads;" but the media apparently didn't want to chance this type of campaign's failing.

As for the fear factor, I we're mixing Apples and Oranges. The "Fear Mongering," seems to be used more-so, in an attempt to distract the public from both, equally important issues, and from seeking the truth; rather than accept what the media and politicians repeat daily, as gospel. Hence the term "sheep."

Show me studies on the ability to detect honesty. Studies to indicate whether people are more apt to follow the pack; e.g. voting for who's popular, or more likely to win. Show me studies to discern how much the trait of charisma plays in their vote even when the politician is lying. Show me studies that'll reveal how many Americans are actually capable of completely dismissing what the mainstream media and friends say, to make an INFORMED choice; then, we'll be getting somewhere.

Seems to me, that the public has been given 2 sides of the same coin to choose from; a choice that will mistakenly leave many Americans with the feeling that, "the people have spoken;" when in reality, the choices were already made for us. This is indicated by the deliberate censoring, and in some instances, the intentional exclusion of, one Texas congressman. Is it coincidental that it's the one who's views were inconsistent with the mainstream media and wealthy, was also the one censored? I don't think so

Even as a child, and I taught my children, strip down everything you see, hear and read. Make your own judgement, even with me.

We must have constructive discussion, as a group of individuals, and our family had what we called "The Round Table Meetings"! Therefore, all opinions were heard!

I have a couple of other thoughts...Has anyone ever compared how negative political ads affect our brains vs. positive ads? I would be interested to see the difference. One more thing, are negative ads, for the most part, a non-issue? How many people are really affected by negative ads? What about people who turn off negative ads by changing the channel or shutting off the tv when an ad like that comes on tv? I think we should always question the relevance of any study.

It has less effect than Obama mind manipulation and mind controlling tactics that have been proven to work on people, as did with Hitler and the people of Germany, Jim Jones followers and other cults. Should that come under scrutinies also?

Wish there was a way to take that test online. It would be really interesting to see what results I would have.

Thanks for this story – this is really interesting.

Annie Kate
Birmingham AL

Any fear mongering doesn't work at all on me. Because the reality is that they by themselves can't do or change anything . They rely on congress to pass things and to get things done. So why let a little thing like fear get in the way of making the right decision for the president. Congress always keeps them in check.

Cindy....Ga.