Determining a super political action committee's affiliation can be difficult because many have vague names. That's intentional: Research has shown that people are more likely to trust an ad if it's not clearly tied to a party or candidate. That got us thinking: Could people in our newsroom identify super PACs’ political leanings based solely on their names? We picked a handful of prominent super PACs from the Center for Responsive Politics' database, then put members of our staff in the hot seat.

Directed by Rachel de Leon

Written by Byard Duncan

Produced by Rachel de Leon and Michael I Schiller

Special thanks to Al Letson, Julia B. Chan, Fernando Diaz, Cheryl Devall, Katharine Mieszkowski, Ike Sriskandarajah, and Nathan Halverson

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