Sunday, November 8, 2009

Opinion

5 States Where Barack Obama Is Out-Advertising John McCain*

Posted October 15, 2008
  1. Florida (by a margin of over 3 to 1 in terms of advertising spending)
  2. New Hampshire (by a margin of over 2 to 1)
  3. Nevada (by a margin of over 3 to 2)
  4. North Carolina (by a margin of over 8 to 1)
  5. Virginia (by a margin of over 3 to 1)

*Data collected September 28 to October 4

Source: University of Wisconsin Advertising Project

Reader Comments

thhis is my comment....

I think that Obama is going to win the campaing.I think this Because Obama has more publicity.He acts like he knows What he is doing.And you know what?You can tell he knows what he is doing.and i say why not vote for....

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Long range planning or part of the picture?

I see this as an amazing exercise in budgetary restraint, which Barack Obama was mindful of throughout the primary, spending the smallest amount possible so that he would be able to be more effective later. Another example of the kinds of skills that give him the edge in terms of presidential performance. This clearly demonstrates clear thinking and long range planning, with purpose and scope; a skill much lacking in the last eight years.

However, I wonder at the accuracy of your figures, as McCain is running numerous ads in California, while I have only seen one from Barack Obama. Perhaps the figures presented are only giving us a part of the picture.

Campaign Advertising

Well frankly the American people are tired of both party ADS. The TV stations should just stop running all of them. By now everyone should made up their minds on whom they are go to vote for if not the rest of us knows the best person for the job without seeing all these ads that is money both partys could be using for something else. These ADS are drepressing to a lot of Americans. John McCains people are trying to tie Obama to Acron but I read in PolticalAffairs.net where McCain also had ties to the same company so what gives them the right to point finger at Senator Obama when McCain also had dealings with this company.

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