TV advertising spending has spiked over 80 percent this year, and Fox News is way out front in winning the gobs of cash candidates are using to advertise on national cable channels, according to one of the nation’s largest advertising groups.

Compared to 2010, the last non-presidential election year, political advertising has increased 80.5 percent, according to Viamedia, which has seen jumps in most of its 30 markets.