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Noon Wednesday with guest Barry Burden
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Barry Burden helps us breaks down the political ads leading to the primary.
A barrage of ads have been hitting the airwaves recently as Wisconsin prepares to go to the polls on August 14 for the partisan primary elections. Barry Burden, a political science professor and director of the Elections Research Center at UW-Madison, helps us dissect what we're seeing in these spots and how they're trying to influence your vote.
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Here and Now is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin
Here and Now
Noon Wednesday with guest Barry Burden
Clip: Season 1700 Episode 1706 | 13m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
A barrage of ads have been hitting the airwaves recently as Wisconsin prepares to go to the polls on August 14 for the partisan primary elections. Barry Burden, a political science professor and director of the Elections Research Center at UW-Madison, helps us dissect what we're seeing in these spots and how they're trying to influence your vote.
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