Democrats have been on television significantly more than their Republican counterparts lately as the 2014 election season nears the finish line.
In seven out of nine top battleground states last week, Democratic candidates and their allies aired more TV ads than Republicans, according to Slate.
The information came from a Center for Public Integrity analysis of preliminary estimates from Kantar Media/CMAG, an advertising-tracking service.
Democrats were especially dominant on televisions in Alaska, Georgia, Louisiana and Michigan, sponsoring hundreds more TV spots throughout each state for their respective Senate candidates than Republicans.
Non-candidate committees — that’s party organizations, super PACs and nonprofit groups — led the Democrats’ October advertising boom, the data show.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee alone sponsored about 6,300 ads last week across the nine states, backed by a nearly $25.3 million cash reserve. On the other hand, the National Republican Senatorial Committee produced only 2,400 ads across five states, having only $19.9 million on hand.
Overall, more than 56,000 TV ads ran from Sept. 30 through Oct. 6, the data show. Nearly three-fourths of them aired in nine battleground states that could very well determine the control of the Senate next year.
