I really don't understand why these negative ads would make any difference if a voter knows and believes in the candidate they are voting for. Personally and not that it matters I could not vote for the current president not that I would not vote for that party. Not to say it in this post but we know what the current administration will, can and can't do . So judging from that there may only be one other choice. Hopefully we don't waste our vote. And I'm sorry I got off topic a little.