But how do voters feel about attack ads as they get ready to pick the next governor?
ALBANY, GEORGIA -- It seems like you can't watch any program without seeing at least one of them; those political ads can only mean one thing: it’s almost time to vote.
But it seems like rather than one candidate touting their own qualifications; they spend their advertising dollars telling us how bad the other guy is.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Roy Barnes has been fast and furious in questioning his opponent Nathan Deal's financial standing.
Meanwhile Deal wants to remind everyone that Barnes has already had a shot at being governor.
But how do voters feel about these attack ads as they get ready to pick the next governor?
“It makes me not want to vote for that person, simply because rather than focusing on what they are going to do for the community all they seem to focus on is how bad they can diss the other candidates and I find that very repulsive,” said Marie Harper.
“Everybody is trying to get ahead a little bit and it's going to be a tight race but I don't think it ever really works,” said Aaron Nation.
We found another Southwest Georgian who says the attack ads remind them of high school.
“It’s nice to know what’s so bad about the other guy but at the same time when you see the other guys name at the bottom it’s like gossip,” said Courtney Mason.
So what's a voter to do? If you haven't made your decision yet one man wants to share what he calls practical advice.
“Everybody is pretty much computer literate today. So it seems like they'd take the time to research what the candidate really stands for because in the commercials a lot of them are misleading and not the whole truth,” said Bob Ditty.
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