Do Obama ads significantly outweigh Romney ads on all FaceBook accounts?

Obama has more unencumbered money available. Until the Republican convention is over much of Romney’s funding is restricted. Then Romney can start using the money he raised for the general election freely and the ad time will even out.

So…the answer is…?

I would imagine that there’s more pro-Obama stuff on Facebook, simply because Facebook tends to have more young people on it. Obama is more popular with the younger crowd, Romney is more popular with the older crowd.

Not with THIS older crowd!!!

Not with THIS older crowd either!!

Right, because it’s about averages, not every single person.

Somehow I manage to select friends from:
1. All parts of the world, most of whom don’t much care about (or for) American politics,
2. Both of the “sides” in the partisan debate, so I get some pro-O bullshit and some pro-R bullshit,
3. Thoughtful people in general, so I get a fair amount of pro-O thought and a near equal amount of pro-R thought,
4. Libertarians who generally agree with me that both “sides” are saying one thing and doing something quite different, and generally wrong, and
5. Other thoughtful people who have completely different things to think and write about, including grandkids.

I think many “older crowds” are going to be upset when they grasp the full significance of the Ryan budget and its massive recommended changes to medicare and social security—this might well send them securely into the Obama camp.

I haven’t noticed; AdBlock is a wonderful thing :D

I use AdBlock, too, so I don’t see any ads on Facebook. I’d be interested in knowing the answer, though. In the past, Obama did use social media a lot more effectively than his opponent, so I wouldn’t be surprised to find more of his ads on FB this time around.

The ads are catered to your likes/dislikes/trends/etc, and not only on facebook. If you frequented conservatives sites like fox news and drudge report, your ads on facebook would most likely be for Romney rather than Obama.

Every person is seeing different ads, based on their internet usage habits and facebook profile information.

Oh, you’re all talking about the ads that Facebook, et al, put up on their own pages. I’m with @jerv this time: AdBlock is a good thing. I don’t get ads (except on Hulu, where I need to enable them to view the content), but those are just ads for consumer products.

@tedd I’m wondering if this is a little different situation. The only ad I have for Romney is one that one of my “friends” liked. So, on the page of a person who is pro-Romney, if most of their friends are pro-Obama, and click “like” on his ads, do his ads stay on that person’s page?

Also, @WestRiverrat Could you expound on Obama having more “unencumbered” money? What does that mean? And how does it relate to the ads?

I’m not very familiar with the facebook aspect of it, but as far as most advertisements on the internet….

They download software onto your computer that tracks the websites you visit, the links you click on, etc, etc. They have surveys that tell them the general political standings (or demographics more broadly) of people who visit those sites and click on those links… then they sell that info and advertise items/people/politicians/etc that their data tells them you should like.

Facebook I know takes into account blatant things. If you say you’re a Republican on your profile, you’re more likely to see ads against Obama or for Republicans. If you say you love apple products, you’re more likely to see an ad for a new ipod or what have you.. .etc etc etc.

@Dutchess_III not really sure how it works, but I believe it has something to do with they can’t mix funds raised for primary campaigning with general election funds. Since Obama ran unopposed, most of his fundraising has been designated to the general election.

Romney had a pretty fierce fight for a good portion of the primaries, so he had to split his funds between the two.

What I have found that talks about it is so convoluted and confusing that I don’t think anyone not working with it on a daily basis could fully understand it. Probably intentionally so.

Wow you guys…with this question in mind I clicked on an ad called Conservative Patriots of America this really what the Republicans are feeding on?? It’s like some…old…backwoods…religious revival complete with poisonous snakes…