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Since August 19, the date the Trump campaign aired its first ad in the general election, the Clinton campaign and allied organizations (such as Priorities USA Action) have aired almost 62,000 ads, compared with about 27,000 spots by Trump and groups that support him. (MIDDLETOWN, CT) Septem– Although Donald Trump and his allies are now advertising in battleground states, advertising favoring Trump has not kept pace with advertising favoring Clinton. Dark money makes up a third of Senate advertising ( Table 10).Top group advertisers in 2016 election cycle ( Table 9).MT, ME and MN top list of US House races ( Table 8).NC, MT and MO leading 2016 Governor races ( Table 7).Top US Senate races, PA and NV leading way ( Table 6).2016 Senate advertising heats up in last month ( Table 5).Senate race ads sponsored by outside groups reach an all-time high ( Figure 3).Libertarian candidate places ads outside of swing states ( Go to section).
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Pro-Clinton ads dominating in most markets ( Figures 1 & 2).Senate Advertising Heats Up: Outside Group Activity Continues to Break Records Parties, Republican Groups Staying Out of Presidential Race,īut Trump Advertising at Same Pace as Romney in 2012