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# Did Attack Ads Affect Iowa’s Outcome?
- URL: https://ivn.us/attack-ads-affect-iowas-outcome/
- Published: 2016-02-04T23:17:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:51:54.000Z
- Author: Crowdpac
- Tags: News

There was a willful suspension among GOP candidates of Reagan’s famous 11th Commandment, the one commanding Republicans not to attack a fellow Republicans, in the weeks leading up to the Iowa caucuses. Nearly $2 million was spent on opposition ads for many of 2016’s leading contenders. We calculated the total amount spent on negative television advertisements targeting each candidate.

[![iowa-negative-ads](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/02/iowa-negative-ads.jpg)](https://ivn.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/iowa-negative-ads.jpg)

**Editor's note: This analysis originally published on Crowdpac's blog on [February 2, 2016](https://www.crowdpac.com/blog/attack-ads?ref=ivn.us).*

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