Obama Ad Spending by IssueThe 2008 presidential campaign has laid the most expensive advertising battleground in U.S. history. Candidates John McCain and Barack Obama have spent more than $400 million on over 320 television ads, according to the Campaign Media Analysis Group, which tracks political advertising expenditures. This graph shows <b>how much money Obama spent on TV advertising by issue of the ad</b>. In total, he spent a total of $207,410,911 to broadcast 109 television ads. <a href='http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/30299818'>McCain spent</a> a total of $119,906,703 to broadcast 71 television ads. For more data on campaign advertising, check out <a href='http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/30298654'>this graph</a>, which shows how much money has been spent to advertise in "red" states. ObamaTVadscampaignmccain290000.0Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:29:53 -0800Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:39:37 -0800NatalieHorizontalBarGraphdefaultObama