print email comment close The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials, 1952-2008 URL: http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/ Description: This exhibition presents "more than 250 television commercials from every election year beginning in 1952, when the first campaign ads aired." Browse the commercials by election year, type of commercial (such as "Real People"), or issue (such as taxes). Includes background information on each election, candidate profiles, and election results. "The Desktop Candidate" discusses the role of the Internet in political campaigns. Searchable. From the American Museum of the Moving Image. Publisher: American Museum of the Moving Image Library of Congress Subject Headings: Political campaigns Presidents -- United States -- Election Television advertising LII Database Information: Record 587 created by Sybil Finemel on 05/22/2004 Last modification on 11/04/2008 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 10/27/2005 Published: 05/22/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/587