...this election cycle, which is on track to hit $3 billion by the November election, breaking the previous highs of roughly $2.7 billion in 2008 and $2.4 billion in 2006.
As of last week, spending for federal candidates had already hit the $223 million mark, $90 million more than the $133 million spent by the same point in the 2006 midterms, according to the Campaign Media Analysis Group, which monitors political advertising. State candidates, meanwhile, have already poured almost $380 million into their television buys, $68 million more than they’d spent at this point in 2006. Those candidate numbers don’t include political ads bought for this campaign by special interest and issue advocacy groups.
Spending on Campaign TV Ads Expected to Break Record - The New York Times
Who is paying for this? And do they think they are creating a healthy public debate about the issues?
And since we know the answer to these questions are: largely corporation/special interests and no, what can we do to put an end to this?
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