Nielsen Monitor-Plus counted 942,900 political ads that have aired on TV between August 1st and October 15th, up 31 percent compared to the same time four years ago. And that doesn’t count the last couple weeks, which have been, well, ridiculous. (Except if you’re a local TV station in many markets, then it’s Christmas.) If you’re curious, the candidates that have placed the most ads are Florida’s Charlie Crist, the Republican candidate for governor (21,214 ads) and Dick DeVos, the Republican candidate for Michigan governor (20,093). Now that’s frequency.
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