GOP TV Ads Up Sevenfold Vs. Same Time Last Cycle

Thanks, Citizens United.

Half a decade into the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the injection of unlimited corporate dollars into outside campaign spending groups, we’re really starting to see the effects. According to Kantar Media’s Campaign Media Analysis Group, there have been more than 7,800 GOP primary-related ads in the period between Jan. 1 and Aug. 4, reports Fredreka Schouten in USA Today. This represents a more than sevenfold increase compared to the same time period during the last GOP presidential primary campaign cycle, when there were 1,023 spots.

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