“The presidential candidates and their allies plan to spend more than half a billion dollars on television and radio advertising over the final seven weeks of the campaign,” the New York Times reports.
“Groups backing Vice President Kamala Harris have reserved $332 million worth of airtime for television and radio ads — 63% of the total — while just about $194 million will come from groups backing former President Donald Trump.”
“The ad wars are the consequence of the fund-raising wars: Democrats have significantly out-raised Republicans in the months after Ms. Harris succeeded President Biden as the head of the Democratic ticket, and Ms. Harris has more money to spend on paid media.”
