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Edward Helmore

Record $15.9bn in US political ad spending expected for 2024

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Other novelties of the year ahead in political advertising, the outlet said, are the use of AI to place ads. Photograph: Douglas Rissing/Getty Images/iStockphoto

With little more than a month to go before the US presidential election season kicks off in Iowa, a new projection of political spending says a record $15.9bn will be spent on advertising, up more than 30% up on the 2019-2020 election cycle.

The assessment, by GroupM, one of the world’s largest paid advertising agencies, suggests total political ad revenue could add a billion more to reach a total of $17.1bn, if including direct mail pitches.

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