Obama Outspends McCain 5-1 in Advertising

According to the Wisconsin Advertising Project, Barack Obama's presidential campaign has outspent John McCain's campaign five to one in television advertising in Wisconsin.

"The advertising advantage held by the Obama campaign this year puts us in uncharted waters. This year the spending us hugely unequal and in some cases the Obama campaign has massive advantages." said Ken Goldstein, a UW-Madison professor who directs the Wisconsin Advertising Project. 

The Project said that in Wisconsin, the McCain campaign spent $202,000, while the Obama campaign spent $1,084,000. After a surge in the polls by Obama in recent weeks, the RNC pulled ads from Wisconsin markets. 

Another interesting fact the project released: Wisconsin is ranked eighth among all states in total advertising spending for the last week of a campaign.