reply to Knowed_Out:
Was the product a sponsor of one of the candidates?
Did one of the candidates have a name that was similar to the product’s?
Was the product made primarily for use by senior citizens?
No to all
Did this happen recently (say, since 2000)? 1950-2000? 1900-1950? Before 1900?
Would it be helpful to know the country or region where it happened? If yes – US? Elsewhere in the Americas? Europe? Africa? Asia?
Did the turmoil involve a scandal of some sort?
A disruption to the mechanics of voting?
Some aspect of a candidate’s political messaging or marketing (ads, slogans, bumper stickers, etc.)?
reply to Fretful_Porpentine:
Did this happen recently (say, since 2000)? 1950-2000? 1900-1950? Before 1900? 1950-2000
Would it be helpful to know the country or region where it happened? Possibly If yes – US? Elsewhere in the Americas? Elsewhere in the Americas Europe? Africa? Asia?
Did the turmoil involve a scandal of some sort? No
A disruption to the mechanics of voting? Yes… well sort of…
Some aspect of a candidate’s political messaging or marketing (ads, slogans, bumper stickers, etc.)?
No
Is the hygiene product soap? Shampoo? Sanitizer?
Is the name of the product relevant?
Did this involve an error in translation?
Was the election issue due to the name of the product? The action of the product when used? The container the product is in? People purchasing the product?
Did it have to do with ads of the hygiene product?
Television?
Radio?
Billboards?
reply to Knowed_Out:
Is the hygiene product soap? Shampoo? Sanitizer? None of these exactly
Is the name of the product relevant? Not really
Did this involve an error in translation?
No
reply to Cheesesteak:
Was the election issue due to the name of the product? Yes and No. I mean the name could have been anything. The action of the product when used? No The container the product is in? No People purchasing the product? No
reply to Folly:
Did it have to do with ads of the hygiene product? Yes
Television? No.
Radio? Do not think so, but possible.
Billboards? Not to my knowledge, but possible.
Newspaper ads?
Did the ads prevent people from voting? Discourage voting? Promote a candidate?
Did the ads violate election law?
Did one of the candidates appear in an ad for the product?
Did the ads actually say anything about the election?
Did people interpret the ads in a way that wasn’t intended?
Was a conspiracy theory involved?
Maybe some, but not sure.
reply to Cheesesteak:
Did the ads prevent people from voting? No Discourage voting? No Promote a candidate? Yes
Did the ads violate election law?
No
reply to Ana_Byrd:
Did one of the candidates appear in an ad for the product? Yes
Did the ads actually say anything about the election? Yes
Did people interpret the ads in a way that wasn’t intended? Yes, probably some…
Was a conspiracy theory involved?
No
Was the candidate Ronald Reagan? Was the advert an acting job he did before turning to full time politics?
Is the ad medium relevant and we haven’t guessed it yet?
Movie ad?
Skywriting?
Banner pulled behind aircraft?
Milk Carton?
Making this generic. Was the advert recorded before the candidate entered the election in question?
Was the advert used by his/her opponent?
No
reply to Folly:
Is the ad medium relevant and we haven’t guessed it yet? Yes. Some of the previously guessed ad mediums may have been used, but the most relevant has not been mentioned.
Movie ad?
Skywriting?
Banner pulled behind aircraft?
Milk Carton?
No to these.