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Consumers Say Brands Shouldn’t Bring Politics to the Super Bowl
Posted on 1/16/19 at 9:52 am
Posted on 1/16/19 at 9:52 am
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More brands are capturing headlines by tangling with political and social issues in their advertising campaigns. A new poll suggests, however, that most Americans would rather they don’t try the same thing during the Super Bowl. And viewers are likely to get what they want.
Two-thirds of consumers call the Super Bowl an inappropriate place for advertisers to make political statements, according to the poll, conducted online this month by Morning Consult for CMO Today.
“The Super Bowl is definitely the wrong place to make a statement,” said Michael Ramlet, chief executive at Morning Consult, a survey research technology company.
Baby boomers in the poll disapproved of political Super Bowl advertisements more, at 77%, than younger cohorts such as millennials (55%) and Generation Z, defined as those 18-21 years old (43%). But the appetite for big-game politics was smaller than one might expect among young people, who often say they want brands to take positions on important issues. Only 35% of Gen Z respondents to the poll called political Super Bowl ads “very” or “somewhat” appropriate.
“The biggest disconnect between the general public and agencies and companies is this idea that you have to take stands to win Gen Z or millennials,” Mr. Ramlet said. “That’s not what the data shows.”
The desire for a politics-free Super Bowl is slightly stronger than consumers’ general preference, at 60%, that brands “stick to what they do and not get involved in cultural or political matters,” according to Morning Consult polling last July. But it may matter more, because marketers during the rest of the year can target their issue-related advertising toward sympathetic demographics. On Super Bowl Sunday, they’ll reach as close to everyone as advertising gets. The 103.4 million viewers who watched in 2018 was a disappointing number by Super Bowl standards but still by far the biggest television audience all year.
Brands should resist the temptation to take on a hot-button issue in the Super Bowl as a way to stand out, said Aimee Drolet, professor of marketing and behavioral decision making at the University of California, Los Angeles’s Anderson School of Management. “It’s generally not the best venue for doing that because the audience is so broad, so invariably you’re going to piss off half the people,” she said.
The Super Bowl has featured political ads before, most notably in the game that took place soon after President Trump’s inauguration, and marketers only have become more politically engaged since then.
Last year’s game was less overtly political, but still included a Coca-Cola Co. ad promoting unity, a diversity theme from T-Mobile USA Inc. and Dodge Ram Trucks using audio of a Martin Luther King Jr. speech in an ad for its Ram pickup truck that promoted public service.
Marketers haven’t shown any inclination to charge into hard-core politics or social controversies during next month’s game, however. Procter & Gamble Co. brand Gillette could have pushed the envelope by bringing this week’s controversial #MeToo-themed spot “We Believe” to the Super Bowl, but a spokeswoman said the brand has no plans to advertise in the Super Bowl this year.
Prior provocateurs such as 84 Lumber Co. and Airbnb Inc., which used the 2017 Super Bowl to run ads taking on President Trump’s immigration priorities, said they are skipping the game again after sitting out last year.
Anheuser-Busch InBev ran an arguably political Super Bowl ad in 2017, featuring the immigrant roots of Budweiser beer, but said any overlap with political arguments of the moment was unintentional. It has promised that its sprawling 5½-minute ad buy in this year’s game will avoid politics.
The poll for CMO Today posed questions about the Super Bowl, advertising and politics to 2,201 adults in a survey that was weighted by gender, race, age, region and education to approximate a target sample, according to Morning Consult, which said the results have a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 9:53 am to Mingo Was His NameO
You know its coming though
Posted on 1/16/19 at 9:54 am to Mingo Was His NameO
Won't happen. These companies base most of their advertising on social media research. They're terrified that they'll get bad publicity for "not using their platform to make a statement of justice".
Posted on 1/16/19 at 9:55 am to Mingo Was His NameO
While true, what matters is whether or not people will change their buying habits as a result.
I don't want social messages from a razor company, but I'm not going to change my Razor either way, so my opinion is useless. I'd imagine most people are the same way. The ad will still get a green light if there is a belief it will result in a net gain in users.
I don't want social messages from a razor company, but I'm not going to change my Razor either way, so my opinion is useless. I'd imagine most people are the same way. The ad will still get a green light if there is a belief it will result in a net gain in users.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 9:55 am to Mingo Was His NameO
Mother of bitch I ain’t reading that.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 9:56 am to Mingo Was His NameO
am i in the minority of those who truly just dont care either way about this stuff?
Posted on 1/16/19 at 9:57 am to WestCoastAg
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am i in the minority of those who truly just dont care either way about this stuff?
No. You are the majority.
People might voice their displeasure when asked, but the majority don't care based off their actions/buying habits.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 9:58 am to Mingo Was His NameO
I can only hope I'm too worried about the game to give a shite about the virtue signalling ads.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 9:58 am to Mingo Was His NameO
We want to be entertained. Not preached at and Lectured to
Posted on 1/16/19 at 9:59 am to Salmon
There will be a few commercials that vaguely reference politics, using terms like "the times we're living in" or "the recent difficulties we've experienced" or "we know many of you are scared right now". I'd also bank on numerous commercials depicting alternative lifestyles and non-nuclear families.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 9:59 am to Salmon
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You know its coming though
This is the sad part
Still will be watching, just like almost everyone else.
This post was edited on 1/16/19 at 10:00 am
Posted on 1/16/19 at 10:00 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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so invariably you’re going to piss off half the people,” she said.
At least someone gets it. I don;t see the upside to abandoning 1/2 of you potential buyer in order to potentially win a few new ones.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 10:01 am to LNCHBOX
Data: "consumers want B not A"
Ad exec: "consumers don't know shite. They want A"
Consumers: "god dammit"
Ad exec: "consumers don't know shite. They want A"
Consumers: "god dammit"
Posted on 1/16/19 at 10:01 am to fr33manator
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We want to be entertained. Not preached at and Lectured to
Yes. Just tell me what is unique about your product and why it does whatever it does better than the competition. Then get the frick out of my face.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 10:02 am to Mingo Was His NameO
Change the channel when the commercials come on. Enough do it and it will be noticed.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 10:04 am to CoachChappy
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At least someone gets it. I don;t see the upside to abandoning 1/2 of you potential buyer in order to potentially win a few new ones.
Most brands know whether or not their customers are sticky.
Aggravating customers who aren't going anywhere is an acceptable risk if they can gain customers elsewhere.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 10:06 am to slackster
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Most brands know whether or not their customers are sticky.
Meh, I'm not sure about that. Marketing and advertising is just like advertising, it's dominated by one mindset that think everyone is like them.
Does it matter that much? I don't really think so because I don't think most people actually have the conviction to change buying habits, but I don't agree that companies have it figured out.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 10:08 am to Mingo Was His NameO
Most brands seem to think promoting themselves to the SJW groups is better than not.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 10:09 am to Mingo Was His NameO
You know who’s killing it right now. Geico.
Bringing back the old caveman commercials and Maxwell the pig “WHEEEEEEEEE”ing in the back seat give you just the slightest bit of nostalgia for when commercials were a little bit ridiculous but in no way political. If the ad annoyed you, no big deal. You wouldn’t boycott a product you just ignored the commercial. If you liked the ad, maybe you would take a look at the product.
And they don’t have to spend a dime on production, just ad space.
If Bud Light were smart, they’d start back up again with real men of genius, Budweiser go with the frogs, yo quiero Taco Bell dog etc...
Bringing back the old caveman commercials and Maxwell the pig “WHEEEEEEEEE”ing in the back seat give you just the slightest bit of nostalgia for when commercials were a little bit ridiculous but in no way political. If the ad annoyed you, no big deal. You wouldn’t boycott a product you just ignored the commercial. If you liked the ad, maybe you would take a look at the product.
And they don’t have to spend a dime on production, just ad space.
If Bud Light were smart, they’d start back up again with real men of genius, Budweiser go with the frogs, yo quiero Taco Bell dog etc...
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