A report released this week showed that it’s President Barack Obama who is flooding the airwaves with political advertising, outspending Republican Gov. Mitt Romney by $21 million in the three weeks following the conventions.
The Wesleyan Media Project said that from Sept. 9 to Sept. 30, Obama spent $41 million while Romney only spent $19 million.
The report also stated that most of the advertising focused on the key states of Virginia, Ohio and Florida, where Obama “held an ad advantage in 14 of the 15 most advertised media markets.”
Host Carmen Russell-Sluchansky spoke about this campaign spending with Michael Franz, author of “Campaign Advertising and American Democracy.”
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