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Statehouse News Bureau: Pinwheel Ads

This has been one of the most expensive and nasty campaign seasons in recent history. The Associated Press reports that nationally, the political parties spent 10 times more money on negative ads than on positive commercials. And much of that money has been spent in Ohio. Public radio reporters from all parts of the state asked Ohioans their thoughts on the tactics the candidates and the parties are using to communicate with voters. Here are some of their responses.