Weekend Reading, 10/31/14

80% of registered voters have seen or heard campaign commercials from candidates or political groups, finds the Pew Research Center in a recent report, with 53% of these generally not paying attention to the commercials. Meanwhile, while 65% have received printed mail and 47% a phone call, those figures are down from October 2010. Indeed the only voter contact method to have increased its reach its email (30%, up from 26%). (more…)