It’s an election year, which means upcoming political candidates are spending a lot of advertising dollars are being spent to promote their campaigns.
According to new numbers from a report by Borrell Associates, online political ad spending is set to increase to $160 million this year – up from just $22 million in 2008. That marks a huge increase from how the digital advertising space was valued just four years ago.
Of that $160 million in online spending, 30% of it is expected to be targeted display advertising, such as retargeting and contextual targeting. Another 32.6% of the political budget will be spent on search targeting.
The only areas losing share for online spending are email, and streaming audio. Streaming video is expected to hold at 22%.
So the biggest names in politics are investing more and more into digital advertising, showing that online advertising is seen as more necessary than ever.
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