Study: Obama outspent McCain in swing states recently
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The Wisconsin Advertising Project, which studies campaign ads, is out with a new report that says the Obama campaign spent more than McCain in swing states last week. But Minnesota was an exception, as you can see by this handy chart they made:
Advertising Spending by State 9/28 - 10/4
McCain Obama
Colorado $801,000 $980,000
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Florida $659,000 $2,213,000
Indiana $179,000 $614,000
Iowa $227,000 $172,000
Michigan $1,250,000 $1,590,000
Minnesota $608,000 $121,000
Missouri $193,000 $492,000
North Carolina $148,000 $1,236,000
New Hampshire $160,000 $354,000
New Mexico $144,000 $185,000
Nevada $329,000 $616,000
Ohio $1,727,000 $2,218,000
Pennsylvania $1,645,000 $2,202,000
Virginia $547,000 $2,057,000
Wisconsin $896,000 $1,189,000
The report also says nearly all of McCain's advertising was negative while about two-thirds of Obama's was positive.
