Study: McCain floods Minnesota TV market as Obama spends in other states
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The Wisconsin Advertising Project found that Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama spent $15 million on TV ads since the Republican National Convention. The study found that more than half of Republican John McCain's ads are in conjunction with the RNC. The study also found that Obama's ads are taking a more negative tone.
The most interesting aspect of the study is that McCain spent nearly a half a million dollars on ads in Minnesota. Obama spent just $18,000 in Minnesota. Obama's ads ran in the Rochester market which could be an effort to target both Minnesota and northern Iowa.
Four interest groups have also gotten into the fray since September 4th. The conservative leaning Veterans for Freedom is the only group to spent money in Minnesota. They spent $9,000 in Minnesota.
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I could not find a link to the study. I'll post it when I find one.
Here's the report.
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