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exboyfil

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42. Are people really impacted by ads?

Tue Nov 27, 2018, 12:01 PM

Nov 2018

I remember falling in love with the Buick Skyhawk in the early 1980s because of the ads (I graduated high school in 1981).

Well I graduated college in Dec. 1984, and i went looking to buy my first car in August of 1985. i remembered the Skyhawk ads and started there first. I also looked at the Chevy Cavalier (which is just a rebranded Skyhawk). I ended up with the Cavalier and saved $2K.

I thought the engineer who was making the same amount as me buying a Corvette was simply insane. He was really proud of that car though.

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Trumbull County, Ohio, shifted 30 points to vote Trump. That didn't save its car plant. [View all] workinclasszero Nov 2018 OP

with GM plant closures in Ohio, Michigan....we may see those states go back to solid BLUE beachbum bob Nov 2018 #1

They better workinclasszero Nov 2018 #3

The con man Iliyah Nov 2018 #2

Understand the desire to save ur job. But they should have known better dembotoz Nov 2018 #4

Trump throws a lot of BS out there NewJeffCT Nov 2018 #5

"Factory worker trust gop??? Lol" workinclasszero Nov 2018 #6

Don't think folks realized just how much a liar trump is dembotoz Nov 2018 #14

No surprise, here. Hugin Nov 2018 #29

Even though Obama bailed the auto industry out from going completely under... allgood33 Nov 2018 #7

That to me was the ultimate betrayal/idiocy workinclasszero Nov 2018 #9

"Obama saved the entire US auto industry ... " Botany Nov 2018 #15

Looks like it right? workinclasszero Nov 2018 #17

They have been fed a steady diet of lies for years. I wonder how many showed up for Trump's ... Botany Nov 2018 #18

A quote from Bernie that seems to always sum it up LiberalArkie Nov 2018 #37

Fat, happy, well paid, with great health care ooky Nov 2018 #49

Yeah they will be thrown to the dogs in the GOP workinclasszero Nov 2018 #69

I live in Trumbull Co. Ohiogal Nov 2018 #8

Good thing you said "possibly" DFW Nov 2018 #10

And many of the GM workers in Trumbell County, OH are and were very racist except for .... Botany Nov 2018 #16

Trump was the first Republican to win Trumbell County since Nixon. It's rep is Tim Ryan-D Auggie Nov 2018 #44

One observation about the GM plant exboyfil Nov 2018 #32

Exactly. It was consumer demand in general for SUVs and trucks that doomed the Lordstown plant ... Auggie Nov 2018 #38

There are some things that don't make sense regarding GM's decisions. luvtheGWN Nov 2018 #46

Universal health care? Do you know if that's covered by Canada or augmented by GM? Auggie Nov 2018 #47

Correction: GM "saved" money with the Oshawa plant. luvtheGWN Nov 2018 #54

But that demand is created and funded by an oil industry Squinch Nov 2018 #57

tv flooded with SUV and truck ads Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #39

Are people really impacted by ads? exboyfil Nov 2018 #42

No. People buy trucks because they want trucks. They are best-sellers. Auggie Nov 2018 #48

They want trucks because they think a truck makes them look macho. Squinch Nov 2018 #55

Advertising creates a brand image but it can't make people sign on the dotted line ... Auggie Nov 2018 #59

If it can make people feel something they want to feel about themselves, it absolutely CAN make them Squinch Nov 2018 #60

I've worked in the ad business for 40 years. I have practical experience. Auggie Nov 2018 #62

And I worked in it for 20 before I changed careers. In my experience, yes it does. Squinch Nov 2018 #63

You should have kept at it another 20 years Auggie Nov 2018 #67

Maybe I just did it better. Squinch Nov 2018 #68

Another observation: every time I turn on the tv I see a dozen ads for Squinch Nov 2018 #52

Americans still want fuel efficient cars BannonsLiver Nov 2018 #56

Ohio went for Pres. Obama with high hopes...but things didn't change much. My neighbors say Demsrule86 Nov 2018 #65

when do the plants close? onethatcares Nov 2018 #11

They are saying March of 2019. Ohiogal Nov 2018 #19

Just in time for the freshly sworn in Democratic House to take the blame. Hugin Nov 2018 #30

Womp womp suckers. DinahMoeHum Nov 2018 #12

Many of the voters who voted for Trump from Trumbell County, OH voted for him because of 3 things: Botany Nov 2018 #13

Spot on, Botany. Ohiogal Nov 2018 #20

Fun fact in 2004 more people in Trumbell County voted by absentee ballots then the # of ballots .... Botany Nov 2018 #22

Brown's a protectionist DeminPennswoods Nov 2018 #25

Yeah workinclasszero Nov 2018 #21

This is exactly why they voted for Trump. llmart Nov 2018 #23

spot on underpants Nov 2018 #26

Learn by experience: Step one, experience. Step two, Hortensis Nov 2018 #24

When you go Trump, you lose it all. C_U_L8R Nov 2018 #27

Someone should start awesomerwb1 Nov 2018 #28

Womp womp whaaaa.... Lucky Luciano Nov 2018 #31

Trumbull County: Sorry, there are no Trump victory rallies scheduled for you. nt NCjack Nov 2018 #33

The media needs to stop framing economic anxiety as the force behind 45's voters. LonePirate Nov 2018 #34

trump knew what he was doing to them duforsure Nov 2018 #35

They bought the story of an known, obvious con man. Got what they deserved bitterross Nov 2018 #36

+1 dalton99a Nov 2018 #58

But you know who did save their car plant? Horse with no Name Nov 2018 #40

Right workinclasszero Nov 2018 #66

I worked the polls there that year. JohnnyRingo Nov 2018 #41

Damn. This is what happens to people lost in the Fox/hate radio bubble! workinclasszero Nov 2018 #50

The answer is that they are dupes, easily manipulated by hate and fear. Moostache Nov 2018 #51

I'm also a proud UAW retiree and even though she said the union blueinredohio Nov 2018 #53

Do people still buy that canard that it was economic issues that pushed people to Trump? inwiththenew Nov 2018 #43

don't forget all the FORD PLANT closures that were announced earlier beachbum bob Nov 2018 #45

Having driven used cars and trucks all my life pecosbob Nov 2018 #61

For you to have a used car someone bought a new car at one time...as for American cars. Toyota Demsrule86 Nov 2018 #64

I'm sending them thoughts and prayers. Coventina Nov 2018 #70

This is going to wreck Trump in 2020 budkin Nov 2018 #71

Yeah this and lots of ex soybean farmers workinclasszero Nov 2018 #72