The Polls Are Officially Closed On CT Primaries 2010, And One Thing Is Already Clear

The polls have just closed and now it's time to tally the votes.  As WNPR's reporters visited some of the locations around the state, one prominent theme kept showing up amongst voters - the adverse effect of negative campaign ads.

The New Haven Independent reported similar findings, saying "Some [voters] also said they were disgusted by the onslaught of harsh, personal attack TV ads and mailed flyers that dominated both parties’ gubernatorial campaigns as well as some underticket races in the closing weeks.

Voters always say that. Then they vote against candidates whose reputations were trashed by attack ads. That’s the conventional wisdom. That’s why candidates spend millions of dollars on them every year.

But some voters insisted they did cast votes against negative ads."

Read more from the Independent article here.