Media Optimization in Real Time Is Key for Electoral Campaigns: Dynata’s Don Simons

The U.S. elections this year are forecast to set a record for media spending as the country’s two major political parties seek to influence voters such as independents who aren’t sure how they’ll cast their ballots. Reaching this slim part of the electorate on a variety of media outlets is critical, especially in the weeks […]

 
 

Political Ads Benefit from Supply Path Optimization: Powers CEO Jordan Lieberman

This year’s election season has brought a significant shift in how campaigns reach likely voters through television, especially as streaming video becomes more popular. Political advertising also can benefit from tools such as supply path optimization, or the process of finding the most direct and cost-effective routes for buying digital ad inventories, including those for connected […]

 
 

Cord Cutting Has Permanently Changed Political Advertising: Push’s Eric Frenchman

Media forecasters expect the 2024 election cycle to be the most expensive ever, with more than $10 billion spent on all media platforms. Amid this record spending, cord cutting has permanently changed the media-buying strategies for political campaigns. Eric Frenchman, advertising executive at Push Digital, is seeing this shift in very personal terms. “My mom […]

 
 

Programmatic CTV Can Help Cut Wasted Ad Dollars: Media Fortitude’s Carrie Xu

The 2024 election cycle is forecast to be the most expensive ever, with more than $10 billion spent on all media platforms. Connected television has become a key way to reach voters who either canceled a cable/satellite-TV subscription or never signed up for one. Because most CTV ad spending comes through digital automated systems, or […]

 
 

Political Ad Spend Grows, But at Slower Pace Than Before: Brian Wieser

In an election year that is seeing two former presidents vying for the White House again, political advertising is still massive – but not growing at quite the same pace as before. Political polarization in American society is limiting the number of persuadable voters. And, although fundraising has grown, it is not expanding at the […]

 
 

In Election Battlegrounds, CTV Ad Inventory Is Selling Out: FreeWheel’s Davis

Connected TV (CTV) advertising is poised to have a breakout year in the 2024 U.S. political election cycle, with campaigns increasingly turning to the medium for its ability to provide targeted reach at scale. While the first half of the year saw most CTV ad buys coming through direct deals, programmatic buying is now surging […]

 
 

Polling Data & ACR Drive Election CTV Ads, But Linear Holds Up: Direct Persuasion CEO

As privacy changes limit one-to-one targeting, political campaigns are turning to behavioral and contextual data to reach voters through programmatic advertising, says Daria Grastara, CEO of Direct Persuasion, in this video interview with Beet.TV. “We used to do the traditional way of signing IOs, going publisher direct,” Grastara says. “We’ve really turned to SSP world […]

 
 

Addressable TV Ads Give Political Campaigns Granular Targeting

Political campaigns are turning to addressable TV advertising to complement their traditional linear and digital ad buys, allowing them to target specific households with tailored messages. “Addressable gives them the opportunity to match that test different creatives with predictable household data or their own data to really make sure their message is landing in the […]