Programmatic Buying Coming to the Political Arena in 2016
Posted in: UncategorizedPolitical ad buyers often follow the digital example of their commercial counterparts, and in some cases have even gotten ahead of consumer marketers’ tactics. Now political campaigns and advocacy groups seem poised to buy ads through programmatic systems to a much greater degree than in recent election cycles, in this case enabled by the technology’s broader acceptance in the general market.
“They’re becoming more comfortable with targeting the audience instead of targeting the context,” said J.C. Medici, director of politics and advocacy for Rocket Fuel, a programmatic ad firm that works with digital political consultancies on the right and left.
“We literally started having meetings for the 2016 election the week after the midterms,” Mr. Medici added. “I believe that programmatic buying will increase tenfold compared to 2014.”