The following is a summary of campaign ad spending by the 2008 major party candidates for the week of October 6- October12, 2008. This chart will be updated weekly as Election Day approaches. This data was collected from http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/15/143149/87.

*In thousands.

State	McCain this week	McCain last week	Change	Obama this week	Obama last week	Change	Total this week	Total last week	Total change
CO	647	838	-191	923	987	-64	1570	1825	-255
FL	1,154	686	468	4330	2224	2106	5484	2910	2574
IA	434	299	135	376	176	200	810	475	335
IN	0	0	0	1804	628	1176	1804	628	1176
ME	37	0	37	154	59	95	191	59	132
MI	0	720	-720	1583	1586	-3	1583	2306	-723
MN	531	652	-121	560	237	323	1091	889	202
MO	674	200	474	1141	1586	-445	1815	1786	29
MT	0	0	0	173	73	100	173	73	100
NC	833	157	676	1208	1180	28	2041	1337	704
NH	118	189	-71	470	349	121	588	538	50
NV	416	320	96	878	626	252	1294	946	348
NM	297	320	-23	878	198	680	1175	518	657
OH	816	1128	-312	2362	2229	133	3178	3357	-179
PA	1780	1322	458	3337	2264	1073	5117	3586	1531
VA	285	319	-34	3305	1969	1336	3590	2288	1302
WI	622	710	-88	1189	1158	31	1811	1868	-57
WV	59	46	13	34	52	-18	93	98	-5
Cable	4	51	-47	1377	307	1070	1381	358	1023
National	90	1530	-1440	6633	307	6326	6723	1837	4886
Total	8800	9360	-560	32242	17867	14375	41042	27227	13815

 

December 15th 2008
Garrett J. Bradley and Pamela H. Wilmot: In the most important election, all votes should matter
Enterprise News

Massachusetts State Rep and Common Cause director make the case against the electoral college.

December 14th 2008
It's Time to Junk the Electoral College
Wall Street Journal

Commentary by Jonathan Soros in favor of the National Popular Vote Plan.

December 13th 2008
Exam day at the Electoral College, missing concepts and statehouse follies
Buffalo News

According to the electoral research group FairVote, 98 percent of presidential or vice presidential candidate events were held in just 15 states, and 57 percent were held in the pivotal states of Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

November 30th 2008
Ensure that every vote counts
Times Union

National Popular Vote's John Koza comments on low voter turnout in safe states during the 2008 Presidential election, despite record-breaking turnout levels in key battleground states.

November 19th 2008
Flunking the Electoral College

New York Times editorial speaks out strongly against the Electoral College and favors the National Popular Vote movement.

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