How Trump’s Billion Dollar Campaign Lost its Cash Advantage
From The New York Times: “Among the splashiest and perhaps most questionable purchases was a pair of Super Bowl ads the campaign reserved for $11 million, according to [AdImpact] — more than it has spent on TV in some top battleground states. ” Read the full article here.
New Trump ads stoke racial bias among white people in Minnesota and Wisconsin
From The Los Angeles Times: “Trump’s new ads have run more than 1,800 times over the last week in Minneapolis, Rochester and Duluth in Minnesota and in Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, La Crosse and Wausau in Wisconsin, according to [AdImpact], an ad tracking firm.” Read the full article here.
A massive advertising blitz is just beginning in Utah’s race between Ben McAdams and Burgess Owens
From The Salt Lake Tribune: “According to data provided by Advertising Analytics, the candidates and outside groups booked nearly $7.3 million in television, cable and digital advertising from August through Election Day.” Read the full article here.
Trump, Biden remain tied in NC, as Biden matches Trump’s TV spending
From The Charlotte Observer: “Biden, who raised a record $364 million in August, has boosted his TV spending in the state to nearly $30 million through the election, according to [AdImpact]. In mid-August it was just $8 million.” Read the full article here.
Joe Biden takes on coronavirus, looting and racial justice in new Florida advertising effort
From The Sun Sentinel: “Biden has run an aggressive schedule of campaign ads during the past three months. Data from the ad tracking firm [AdImpact] shows Biden has had advertising on the air in all 10 of the state’s media markets, including the expensive Miami-Fort Lauderdale market.” Read the full article here.
Amid New Wave of Polls, Biden and Trump Intensify Clash on Unrest
From The New York Times: “The themes of the ads represent a departure for Mr. Biden. Since he first went on the airwaves in June, nearly 75 percent of the television ads that his campaign has run have focused on the coronavirus, according to an analysis by the media tracking firm [AdImpact].” Read the full […]
On The Trail: Trump, Biden face broad battlefield as first ballots go out
From The Hill: “Biden has spent about the same in Michigan, where four years ago Clinton dropped just $2.2 million, according to data compiled by [AdImpact], a nonpartisan firm. ” Read the full article here.
Finding Some Oases Amid Ad Drought
From Arkansas Business: “But since Arkansas isn’t a presidential battleground, Biden for President has spent only about $25,000 in the state so far, and the Trump campaign has laid out only about $60,000 here, according to [AdImpact], which tracks political spending.” Read the full article here.
Swift Boat mastermind to launch massive super PAC to boost Trump
From POLITICO: “The president in August went dark in several battleground states and in Wisconsin was outspent more than 8 to 1, according to the media tracking firm [AdImpact].” Read the full article here.
Unproven Nepotism Allegation in Montana Senate Race
From FactCheck.org: “According to ad tracking firm [AdImpact], the NRSC spent almost $500,000 to run a TV ad that made a similar claim about Bullock.” Read the full article here.