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FORREST HILL to Run TV Ads, Attempts to Break Imposed Media Blackout on 3rd Parties
To make a splash and get noticed, Green Party candidate for California Secretary of State, Dr. Forrest Hill, will begin running television commercials in the San Francisco Bay Area October 8.
"It is very difficult to break the blackout imposed by the media on anyone running outside the two major parties," says Hill. "This race is as much about name recognition as it is about the issues, and I believe that if our ad is seen by enough voters it can tip the balance of support in our favor."
"It is very difficult to break the blackout imposed by the media on anyone running outside the two major parties," says Hill. "This race is as much about name recognition as it is about the issues, and I believe that if our ad is seen by enough voters it can tip the balance of support in our favor."
Green Party candidate to begin running
TV ads, attempts to break imposed media
blackout on alternative political parties
SAN FRANCISCO - Dr. Forrest Hill, Green Party candidate for Secretary of State, will begin running television ads in the Bay Area on Monday Oct 8. This will be the first time that a Green Party candidate for statewide office has run TV ads in California.
The ad, which can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjaZJFuCO3M, features shots of Forrest running up San Francisco's Twin Peaks, by Oakland's Lake Merritt, along the Altamont Pass, and through downtown Sacramento. It ends with the tag line "Forrest won't stop running until we have free and fair elections."
Forrest's supporters in the Green Party and the LGBT community are hosting several fundraisers over the next two weeks to help raise more money for advertising. The campaign plans on using the money to air the ad in Southern California and the Sacramento Area.
"By getting our ad placed on television, we hope to generate more mainstream coverage for our campaign," said Dr. Hill.
"It is very difficult to break the blackout imposed by the media on anyone running outside the two major parties," stated Dr. Hill. "Our goal is to create enough buzz around our campaign so that the media is forced to take us more seriously."
A recent field poll for the Secretary of States race, which excluded all third party candidates, showed that 72 percent of voters had 'no opinion' about the Republican incumbent, Bruce McPherson, and 84 percent had 'no opinion' about the Democratic challenger, Debra Bowen.
"Very few people have made up their mind about the Secretary of States race," said Dr. Hill. "This race is as much about name recognition as it is about the issues, and I believe that if our ad is seen by enough voters it can tip the balance of support in our favor."
TV ads, attempts to break imposed media
blackout on alternative political parties
SAN FRANCISCO - Dr. Forrest Hill, Green Party candidate for Secretary of State, will begin running television ads in the Bay Area on Monday Oct 8. This will be the first time that a Green Party candidate for statewide office has run TV ads in California.
The ad, which can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjaZJFuCO3M, features shots of Forrest running up San Francisco's Twin Peaks, by Oakland's Lake Merritt, along the Altamont Pass, and through downtown Sacramento. It ends with the tag line "Forrest won't stop running until we have free and fair elections."
Forrest's supporters in the Green Party and the LGBT community are hosting several fundraisers over the next two weeks to help raise more money for advertising. The campaign plans on using the money to air the ad in Southern California and the Sacramento Area.
"By getting our ad placed on television, we hope to generate more mainstream coverage for our campaign," said Dr. Hill.
"It is very difficult to break the blackout imposed by the media on anyone running outside the two major parties," stated Dr. Hill. "Our goal is to create enough buzz around our campaign so that the media is forced to take us more seriously."
A recent field poll for the Secretary of States race, which excluded all third party candidates, showed that 72 percent of voters had 'no opinion' about the Republican incumbent, Bruce McPherson, and 84 percent had 'no opinion' about the Democratic challenger, Debra Bowen.
"Very few people have made up their mind about the Secretary of States race," said Dr. Hill. "This race is as much about name recognition as it is about the issues, and I believe that if our ad is seen by enough voters it can tip the balance of support in our favor."
For more information:
https://www.voteforrest.org//content/view/...
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Why Vote Green?
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Good, but I'm still voting for Debra Bowen
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