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NO McCain TV Ads in Washington DC since 3 Oct?
I first noticed its Friday a week ago--the McCain ads that had been polluting the airwaves on Washington, DC during the dinner-news segment were gone. I was out of town most of last week but my wife just commented that all last week, the nightly local and national news broadcasts were McCain ad free zones.
Obama continues to advertise heavily in this market, which includes the battleground state of Virginia. I'm sure that McCain continues to spend in the Old Dominion, but he seems to have given up on Northern Virginia--unless others can correct my impression. Fairfax County went for Kerry in 2004, and the inside the beltway communities of Falls Church, Alexandria, and Arlington are Dem strongholds, but this TV market also reaches red-leaning Loudon, Prince William, and Stafford Counties.
Anybody else know whether McCain has really pulled his ads from No. Va. /DC/MD?
Obama continues to advertise heavily in this market, which includes the battleground state of Virginia. I'm sure that McCain continues to spend in the Old Dominion, but he seems to have given up on Northern Virginia--unless others can correct my impression. Fairfax County went for Kerry in 2004, and the inside the beltway communities of Falls Church, Alexandria, and Arlington are Dem strongholds, but this TV market also reaches red-leaning Loudon, Prince William, and Stafford Counties.
Anybody else know whether McCain has really pulled his ads from No. Va. /DC/MD?
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... and right after I posted I found this in the Washington Post from 5 Oct:
"McCain spent heavily on local network TV in Northern Virginia earlier in the year, but he has pulled advertising from those stations and is bolstering his presence in Hampton Roads. "
and...
"From mid-June until last week, Obama spent about $9 million on TV ads in Virginia, compared with McCain's $5 million.
Obama is now spending about $250,000 a day on local network TV in Virginia, compared with McCain's $30,000, according to Evan Tracey, president of the Campaign Media Analysis Group, which tracks ad buys.
The TV advertising imbalance is being partially offset by the Republican National Committee, which began a $33,000-a-day media buy in areas of Virginia outside the Washington market, Tracey said."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/04/AR2008100402064_pf.html
This is a huge deal in this battleground state--If Obama has half the ground game in No. Va. I suspect, I expect turnout there to swamp that in the red areas of the State.
October 11, 2008 7:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
I noticed the same thing, but we're seeing Obama ads like crazy. Loving it.
October 11, 2008 10:50 PM | Reply | Permalink