Obama Spent $105 million on Campaign in 15 days (Oct. 1 to Oct. 15), McCain Spent $25M
Democratic Sen. Barack Obama reported spending $82 million on advertising during the first two weeks of October — more than half of what Sen. John F. Kerry spent on television commercials for the entire 2004 presidential campaign.
The burst of spending came on the heels of Obama’s record month of fundraising and has, in some key markets, enabled the presidential nominee to broadcast as many as seven commercials for every one aired by Republican Sen. John McCain.
“It’s beyond saturation,” said Evan Tracey, a media analyst.
The overall differences in the way each campaign spent money during the critical first weeks of October are stark.
The reports filed with the Federal Election Commission late Thursday show that Obama and the Democratic Party committees that are supporting his effort spent nearly $105 million from Oct. 1 to Oct. 15. McCain and Republican Party entities, by contrast, spent just over $25 million.
Ten days ago, the campaigns each had about $100 million left in the bank to carry them through Election Day. But Obama’s decision to forgo public financing for the general-election campaign has left him free to continue to raise money in the race’s waning weeks. The Democrat raised an additional $37 million in the first half of the month, most of it via online donations.
For fundraising, McCain has relied on the Republican National Committee, which reported bringing in about $15 million through various entities during the first half of October.
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I believe Obama has spent that much because I have seen some of his ads so many times I think I can recite them by heart. I started watching the NFL Network just to get away from Obama, and the ads followed me. All I can say is that I hope the ads are making everybody else as sick of Obama as I am.