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

 

August 12th 2007
States Try to Alter How Presidents Are Elected
New York Times

NY Times article on the attempt by California and North Carolina to award their Electoral College votes by congressional district. It draws on FairVote's report on the issue to outline the flaws of this method.

August 9th 2007
Fuzzy Math: Wrong Way Reforms for Allocating Electoral College Votes

August 7th 2007
A Red Play for the Golden State
Newsweek

Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter explains how the proposal to award California's and North Carolina's electoral votes by congressional district are motivated by short-term political gain.

August 6th 2007
GOP eyes California's electoral pie
Los Angeles Times

The author explains why Republicans want California's electoral votes distributed by congressional districts. In a safely Democratic state, such a move will add an additional score votes to the Republicans' tally - the equivalent of winning Ohio.

August 2nd 2007
Votescam
The New Yorker

FairVote board member Hendrik Hertzberg writes on the folly of the statewide and national implications of the congressional district electoral vote scheme.

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